Data Analytics for Discourse Analysis with Python

The Case of Therapy Talk

Dennis Tay

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English

Routledge
19 April 2024

Semantics; Research methods: general; Psychotherapy; Software Engineering; Computer science

Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

This concise volume, using examples of psychotherapy talk, showcases the potential applications of data analytics for advancing discourse research and other related disciplines.

The book provides a brief primer on data analytics, defined as the science of analyzing raw data to reveal new insights and support decision making. Currently underutilized in discourse research, Tay draws on the case of psychotherapy talk, in which clients’ concerns are worked through via verbal interaction with therapists, to demonstrate how data analytics can address both practical and theoretical concerns. Each chapter follows a consistent structure, offering a streamlined walkthrough of a key technique, an example case study, and annotated Python code. The volume shows how techniques such as simulations, classification, clustering, and time series analysis can address such issues as incomplete data transcripts, therapist–client (a)synchrony, and client prognosis, offering inspiration for research, training, and practitioner self-reflection in psychotherapy and other discourse contexts.

This volume is a valuable resource for discourse and linguistics researchers, particularly for those interested in complementary approaches to qualitative methods, as well as active practitioners.

By: Dennis Tay
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9781032419015
ISBN 10: 1032419016
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 19 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dennis Tay is Professor at the Department of English and Communication, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Metaphor and the Social World, Associate Editor of Metaphor and Symbol, Academic Editor of PLOS One, and Review Editor of Cognitive Linguistic Studies. His recent Routledge publication is Time Series Analysis of Discourse: Method and Case Studies (2020).