Institutional Construction of Gamblers’ Identities

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Editorial
• Table of contents
• List of tables
• List of figures
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Part I: Introduction to the Research
• Chapter 1: Lead-in
• 1.1 Background information
• 1.1.1 Definition of gambling
• 1.1.2 Classification of gamblers
• 1.1.3 Prevalence of gambling
• 1.1.4 Societal perception of gambling
• 1.1.5 Problem/Pathological gambling
• 1.1.6 Subversion and containment
• 1.1.7 Stigmatization
• 1.1.8 Stakeholders
• 1.1.9 Language, identity and constructionism
• 1.2 Objectives of the study
• 1.3 Significance of the study
• 1.4 Outline of the book
• Chapter 2: Literature Review
• 2.1 Critical discourse analysis (CDA)
• 2.1.1 Origin and development
• 2.1.2 Basic principles and meta-theory
• 2.2 Theoretical notions underpinning the study
• 2.2.1 Public sphere, dialogism and Ideological State Apparatuses
• 2.2.2 Legitimation and hegemony
• 2.2.3 Différance
• 2.2.4 Medicalized subject, intertextuality and recontextualization
• 2.3 Analytical categories used
• 2.3.1 Meaning relations between sentences/clauses
• 2.3.1.1 Discursive construction of legitimation
• 2.3.1.2 Discursive construction of hegemony (“equivalence and difference”)
• 2.3.1.3 “Logic of appearances” against “explanatory logic”
• 2.3.2 Systemic functional linguistics (SFL)—Process types
• 2.3.3 Appraisal theory
• 2.3.4 Code choice
• 2.3.5 Sociocognitive approach to discourse
• 2.3.6 Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT)
• 2.4 Rationale behind the selection of analytical categories
• 2.5 Relevant empirical studies
• 2.5.1 Discursive construction of legitimation
• 2.5.2 Discursive construction of hegemony (“equivalence and difference”)
• 2.5.3 “Logic of appearances” against “explanatory logic”
• 2.5.4 Systemic functional linguistics (SFL)—Process types
• 2.5.5 Appraisal theory
• 2.5.6 Code choice
• 2.5.7 Sociocognitive approach to discourse
• 2.5.8 Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT)
• 2.6 Chapter summary
• Chapter 3: Research Methodology
• 3.1 Site of investigation
• 3.2 Data sets
• 3.2.1 Newspaper forum letters
• 3.2.1.1 Time span
• 3.2.1.2 The Straits Times
• 3.2.1.3 Procedure
• 3.2.2 The government campaign—“Know the Line”
• 3.2.2.1 The four speakers
• 3.2.2.2 Procedure
• 3.2.3 Texts by medical experts
• 3.2.3.1 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
• 3.2.3.2 National Addictions Management Service promotional leaflet
• 3.2.3.3 Addiction and Recovery for Dummies
• 3.2.3.4 Justifications for the choice of texts
• 3.2.3.5 Qualitative approach to textual analysis
• 3.2.3.6 “Semantic units” identified
• 3.3 Rationale behind the selection of the three data sets
• 3.4 Chapter summary
• Part II: Data Analysis
• Chapter 4: Opening Scene: The Public Sphere
• 4.1 Legitimation strategies identified from the data
• 4.1.1 Personal authority
• 4.1.2 Expert recommendation
• 4.1.3 Moral value evaluation
• 4.1.4 Instrumental rationalization
• 4.1.5 Theoretical rationalization
• 4.1.6 Mythopoesis
• 4.1.7 Summary and ideological implications
• 4.2 Tokens of hegemony (“equivalence and difference”) identified from the data
• 4.2.1 Opposition markers
• 4.2.2 Equivalence markers
• 4.2.3 Summary and ideological implications
• 4.3 “Logic of appearances” versus “explanatory logic” with reference to the data
• 4.3.1 Causal relations
• 4.3.2 Conditional and temporal relations
• 4.3.3 Additive relations
• 4.3.4 Elaborative relations
• 4.3.5 Contrastive relations
• 4.3.6 Summary and ideological implications
• 4.4 Chapter conclusion
• 4.4.1 Analytic outcomes
• 4.4.2 Synthesis
• 4.4.3 Emerging issues
• Chapter 5: Juxtaposition as a Symbolic Resource for Public Governance
• 5.1 Amount of talk analyzed
• 5.2 Process types identified from the data
• 5.3 Attitude resources identified from the data
• 5.4 Engagement resources identified from the data
• 5.5 Instances of code switching and mixing
• 5.6 Chapter conclusion
• Chapter 6: Diffusion of Specialized Knowledge from Experts to Novices
• 6.1 Semantic unit—Definition
• 6.2 Semantic unit—Criteria
• 6.3 Semantic unit—Prevalence
• 6.4 Semantic unit—Other problems
• 6.5 Remarks on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5
• 6.6 Chapter conclusion
• Chapter 7: Conceptualizations of Gamblers and Gambling
• 7.1 Metaphoric tokens identified
• 7.2 Semantic domains identified
• 7.3 Chapter conclusion
• Part III: Conclusion
• Chapter 8: Summary and Concluding Remarks
• 8.1 Recapitulation of major findings
• 8.2 Implications of the present research
• 8.2.1 Ideological implications
• 8.2.2 Scholarly implications
• 8.2.2.1 Among discourse analysts
• 8.2.2.2 Among other academics
• 8.2.3 Social implications
• 8.3 Revisiting/Consolidating the analytic tools for examining discursive identities
• 8.4 Potential directions for further studies
• References
• Index
• Series Index