Generalization: A Practice of Situated Categorization in Talk
Human Studies 34 (2):183-198 (2011)
| Abstract | This paper analyzes four instances in talk of generalization about people, that is, of using statements about one or more people as the basis of stating something about a category. Generalization can be seen as a categorization practice which involves a reflexive relationship between the generalized-from person or people and the generalized-to category. One thing that is accomplished through generalization is instruction in how to understand the identity of the generalized-from person or people, so in addition to being understood as a practice of categorization, generalization can also be understood as a practice of identification. Somewhat incidentally, this paper also illustrates the importance of certain methodological issues related to membership categorization analysis and contributes to the growing body of work that connects membership categorization analysis with sequential conversation analysis | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | No categories specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,705 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesJack Bilmes (2011). Occasioned Semantics: A Systematic Approach to Meaning in Talk. Human Studies 34 (2):129-153.
George Psathas (1999). Studying the Organization in Action: Membership Categorization and Interaction Analysis. Human Studies 22 (2-4):139-162.
Daniel J. Navarro, Matthew J. Dry & Michael D. Lee (2012). Sampling Assumptions in Inductive Generalization. Cognitive Science 36 (2):187-223.
J. Howard Sobel (1967). 'Everyone', Consequences, and Generalization Arguments. Inquiry 10 (1-4):373-404.
Stephen Laurence & Eric Margolis (2003). Concepts and Conceptual Analysis. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 67 (2):253-282.
Cornelia Zelinsky-Wibbelt (2000). Discourse and the Continuity of Reference: Representing Mental Categorization. Mouton De Gruyter.
Roland Pierik (2005). Conceptualizing Cultural Groups and Cultural Difference: The Social Mechanism-Approach. Ethnicities 4 (4):523-544.
Yasmina Jraissati (2013). Proving Universalism Wrong Does Not Prove Relativism Right: Considerations on the Ongoing Color Categorization Debate. Philosophical Psychology:1-24.
Lena Jayyusi (1984). Categorization and the Moral Order. Routledge & K. Paul.
Stephen Grossberg (1998). Self-Organizing Features and Categories Through Attentive Resonance. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (1):27-28.
Jennifer Summerville & Barbara Adkins (2007). Enrolling the Citizen in Sustainability: Membership Categorization, Morality and Civic Participation. Human Studies 30 (4):429 - 446.
Douglas Walton (1999). Rethinking the Fallacy of Hasty Generalization. Argumentation 13 (2):161-182.
Charles Sayward (2002). Geach on Generalization. Dialogue 41 (02):221-.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2011-06-26Total downloads7 ( #133,587 of 549,198 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,397 of 549,198 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
