Publisher's Synopsis
"Investigative discourse analysis has a multipurpose examination function. It affords the analyst the opportunity to go beyond the surface level of communication to systematically identify the salient components of the narrator's words, sentences, transitions and topics. Additionally, it provides the template for developing amplifying questions for subsequent inquiries and related interviews. Lastly, it serves as a transport into the world of another - the environment, circumstances, and code of conduct that are specific to the individual. Productive investigations involve the building of a bridge between two worlds: the world of the analyst and the world of the person providing the communication. In the third edition of Investigative Discourse Analysis, Rabon and Chapman expand the efficacy of the analysis into the subsequent goal of the investigator/interviewer, combining theory and application in the search for the truth. In some sit
