Language and Relationship Building: Analyzing Discursive Spaces of Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Autor/in	Tarabochia, Sandra
Titel	Language and Relationship Building: Analyzing Discursive Spaces of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Quelle	In: Across the Disciplines, 10 (2013) 2 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-8244
Schlagwörter	Discourse Analysis; Interdisciplinary Approach; Writing Across the Curriculum; Correlation; Writing Instruction; Language Usage; Interpersonal Relationship; Teacher Collaboration; Specialists; College Faculty; Workshops; Printed Materials; Phrase Structure; Semantics; Biology; English Teachers; Nebraska + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Diskursanalyse; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Korrelation; Schreibunterricht; Sprachgebrauch; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Lehrerkooperation; Fakultät; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Phrasenstruktur; Semantik; Biologie; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	Interdisciplinary collaboration is a cornerstone of WAC/WID efforts and integral to productive relationships between writing specialists and disciplinary content experts. Such collaboration, however, suffers from welldocumented challenges. In this article, I use textual discourse analysis to build a deeper understanding of the discursive spaces through which interdisciplinary collaboration takes place. Drawing on Norman Fairclough's (2001) framework for interactional analysis, I examine the linguistic features of a handout I composed to facilitate a WID meeting with biology faculty. Applying Fairclough's elements of social practices--representing, relating, identifying, and valuing--I trace connections between language use and themes in WAC/WID scholarship in order to investigate the complex process by which writing specialists operationalize disciplinary values in local contexts. My analysis shows how linguistic and rhetorical properties of communication can enable interdisciplinary relationships in WAC/WID contexts by strategically bridging disciplinary differences, as well as constrain relationships by confounding participant roles and responsibilities. Mapping links between discourse, language, and social interaction, I argue, allows writing specialists to critically examine our communicative strategies and their impact on the professional relationships we broker, empowering us to more creatively navigate the challenge of interdisciplinary collaboration. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01