Cover not available

In:Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual
Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
► pp. 1029–1040

Get fulltext from our e-platform
JBE logo with link
PDF logo with download linkDownload Book PDF
EPUB logo with download linkDownload Book EPUB
authorization required

Nexus analysis

Published online: 3 October 2022
DOI logo with link
https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.nex1
Article outline
  • 1.Nexus analysis – an action oriented approach to discourse
  • 2.Engagement with social issues
  • 3.Theoretical inspiration
  • 4.Nexus of practice
  • 5.Nexus analysis as a form of historical and ethnographic discourse analysis
  • 6.Activities of nexus analysis
    • 6.1Engaging the nexus of practice
    • 6.2Navigating the Nexus of Practice
    • 6.3Changing the nexus of practice
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
References (35)
References
Agar, Michael. 1996. The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography. [2nd edn]. San Diego: Academic Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Austin, John L. 1962. How to do Things with Words. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Al Zidjaly, Najma. 2006. “Disability and anticipatory discourse: The interconnectedness of local and global aspects of talk.” Communication & Medicine 3(2): 101–112. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Blommaert, Jan. 2010. “Historical bodies and historical space.” Working Papers in Urban Language & Literacies. Paper 57. Tilburg University.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Bourdieu, Pierre 1977 [1972]. Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cameron, C., E. Frazer, P. Harvey, B. Rampton and K. Richardson. 1997. “Ethics, advocacy and empowerment in researching language.” In Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook, ed. by N. Coupland and A. Jaworski, 145–162. Wiltshire: Macmillan Press. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Eckert, Penelope and Sally McConnell-Ginet. 1992. “Think practically and look locally: Language and gender as a community-based practice.” Annual Review of Anthropology 21: 461–490. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Fairclough, Norman. 2001. Language and Power. [2nd edn]. Harlow: Longman.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Gee, James Paul. 1999. An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method. New York: Routledge.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Goffman, Erving. 1963. Behavior in Public Places: Notes on the Social Organization of Gatherings. New York: Free Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Hult, Francis. 2013. “Drive-thru linguistic landscaping: Constructing a linguistically dominant place in a bilingual space.” International Journal of Bilingualism. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Hymes, Dell. 1966. “Two types of linguistic relativity.” In Sociolinguistics, ed. by W. Bright. The Hague: Mouton.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Lane, Pia. 2009. “Identities in action. A nexus analysis of identity construction and language shift.” Visual Communication 8: 449–468. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Lane, Pia 2012. “Multimodality and culture.” In Encyclopedia of Applied Lingusistic, ed. by Carol A. Chapelle. Oxford: Blackwell. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Latour, Bruno. 2005. Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. New York: Oxford University PressGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Lave, Jean and Etienne Wenger. 1991. Situated Learning. Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Norris, Sigrid and Rodney H. Jones (eds.). 2005. Discourse in Action: Introducing Mediated Discourse Analysis. London: Routledge.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Norris, S. 2002. A Theoretical Framework for Multimodal Discourse Analysis Presented via the Analysis of Identity Construction of Two Women Living in Germany. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgetown University. UMI.
Norris, Sigrid. 2004. Analyzing Multimodal Interaction: A Methodological Framework. New York: Routledge. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Pietikäinen, Sari, Pia Lane, Hanni Salo and Sirkka Laihiala-Kankainen 2011. “Frozen actions in arctic linguistic landscape: A nexus analysis of language processes in visual space.” International Journal of Multilingualism, 27(1): 1–23. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Pietikäinen, Sari and Anne Pitkänen-Huhta. 2013. “Multimodal literacy practices in the indigenous Sámi classroom: Children navigating in a complex multilingual setting.” Journal of Language, Identity & Education 12: 230–247. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Pinch, Trevor and Wiebe Bijker. 1986. “Science, relativism and the new sociology of technology: Reply to Russell.” Social Studies of Science 16: 347–360. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Rojo, Luisa Martín and Angel Gabilondo Pujol. 2011. “Michel Foucault.” In: Handbook of Pragmatics, ed. by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
de Saint Georges, Ingrid. 2005. “From anticipation to performance: Sites of engagement as performance.” In Discourse in Action: Introducing Mediated Discourse Analysis, ed. by Sigrid Norris and Rodney H. Jones, 155–165. London: Routledge.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Sarangi, Srikant. 1996. “Public discourse.” In Handbook of Pragmatics, ed. by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Scollon, Ron. 2001a. “Action and text.” In Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis, ed. by R. Wodak and M. Meyer, 139–183. London: Sage.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
2001b. Mediated Discourse Analysis. The nexus of practice. London and New York: Routledge.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
2008. “Discourse itineraries: Nine processes of resemiotization.” In Advances in Discourse Studies, ed. by Vijay Bhatia, John Flowerdew and Rodney H. Jones, 233–244. London: Routledge.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Scollon, Ron and Suzie Wong Scollon. 2002. “Nexus analysis. Expanding the circumference of discourse analysis.” Talk given at the PARC Forum, Dec 12, 2002. Palo Alto, California.
. 2007. “Nexus analysis: Refocusing ethnography on action.” Journal of Sociolinguistics 11(5): 608–625. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 2004. Nexus Analysis: Discourse and the Emerging Internet. New York: Routledge. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Searle, John. 1969. Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Verschueren, Jef. 2012. “The pragmatic perspective.” In Handbook of Pragmatics, ed. by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Wertsch, James. 1991. Voices of the Mind: A Sociocultural Approach to Mediated Action. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Wodak, Ruth. 2006. “Critical linguistics and critical discourse analysis.” In Handbook of Pragmatics, ed. by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cited by (1)

Cited by one other publication

Tumelius, Riikka, Justyna Legutko, Minna Intke-Hernandez & Polina Vorobeva
2025. Blurred lines of participation: nexus analytical tools for reflecting on the roles of researchers and participants in change-oriented research projects. Applied Linguistics Review 16:4 ► pp. 1637 ff. DOI logo

This list is based on CrossRef data as of 11 december 2025. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.

Mobile Menu Logo with link to supplementary files background Layer 1 prag Twitter_Logo_Blue