Les genres du discours dans l’articulation des approches qualitatives et quantitatives

• Main Author: Thierry Guilbert
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICO 2014-10-01
• Series: Corela
• Subjects: discourse analysis; speech genres; responding subject; epistemology; comparative studies; qualitative and quantitative approaches
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/corela/3577

This article aims to explain how the notion of speech genres can articulate qualitative and quantitative approaches. It outlines epistemological reasons and methodological implications, notably the definition of the subject that it assumes and the risks of artefact to not think the notion of speech genres. It shows finally how quantitative approaches are useful, in return, for the definition and the neutralization of genres in comparative studies.