Conventional identities or characters people adopt within conversation to create a coherent self.

Imaginary Positions

IRs are recognizable routines of arguments, descriptions, and evaluations found in people's talk that form relatively consistent language units. They highlight inconsistencies within different routines shared by groups and accumulate to form collective commonsense. IRs can be opposing or ideologically grounded, revealing cultural resources available for making sense of issues. They show how speakers draw on shared cultural knowledge to construct accounts.

Interpretive Repertoires

Focuses on how discourse shapes mental life and social practice.
- Interpretive Repertoires (IRs)
- Imaginary Positions

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- The Conflict: Deaf Studies and Medicalized Perspectives on CIs and HAs
- Methodology of Critical Discursive Psychology

Context & Theoretical Framework

Lester, J. N. (Ed.). (2021). Discursive Psychology and Disability. Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology. Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Reference For: Discursive Psychology and Disability

- Deaf Studies Perspectives
- Medical Perspectives

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