Professor of Psychology
I research and write on discourse, conversation and
social interaction, where my main focus has been on the relations between
psychological topics and everyday talk, or ‘discursive psychology’. This
involves examining the ways in which common sense ideas about psychological
states (thoughts, plans, emotions, attitudes, personality, and so on), figure
as part of the conceptual resources that people use in accounting for their
everyday lives. I also look at the ways in which psychological business of any
kind is handled or managed in talk, not necessarily by overtly naming mental
states. This general concern with common sense psychological discourse is also
the basis of a critical interest in the nature and products of psychology as a
scientific discipline. My main resource for examining how talk works,
increasingly over the last decade, is conversation analysis.
Among the topics I have looked at are: early child
language; conversational remembering; ‘script’ talk; classroom education and
learning; conversational narratives; causal accounts and attributions; emotion
talk; the deployment of identity categories; factual reporting in the news
media; various aspects of relationship counselling; the conversational
management of speakers’ subjectivity; complaints; irony; and various recent
studies of police interrogations, neighbour disputes and mediation. The latter developments are part of an
ESRC-funded joint research project with Liz Stokoe*. Much of the other work has
also been done jointly with various members of DARG, particularly the
development of discursive psychology with Jonathan Potter.
My main teaching is in two
undergraduate courses called "Thought and Language 1: General Themes” and
“Thought and Language 2: Developmental Themes", which are part of the
Department’s degree programme in Social Psychology. I also teach two courses on
"Qualitative Methods" for research postgraduates and the department’s M.Sc.
in Social Research, together with various research student supervisions.
*ESRC grant RES-148-25-0010.
£128,346.84 for ‘Identities in neighbour discourse: Community, conflict and
exclusion’, 2005-2008. This project is part of the larger programme Social
Identities and Social Action.
Programme web pages: http://www.identities.org.uk/
Publications
Books
Edwards, D., & Mercer, N. (1987). Common
Knowledge: The Development of Understanding in the Classroom.
London: Methuen/Routledge. Translated as El Conocimiento Compartido: el
Desarrollo de la Comprension en la Aula. Madrid: Ediciones Paidos Iberica,
1998.
Billig, M., Condor, S., Edwards, D.,
Gane, M., Middleton, D.J., & Radley, A.R. (1988). Ideological
Dilemmas: A Social Psychology of Everyday Thinking. London: Sage.
Middleton, D., & Edwards, D.
(Eds.) (1990). Collective Remembering. London: Sage. Translated as Memoria
Compartida. Madrid: Ediciones Paidos Iberica, 1992.
Edwards, D., & Potter, J. (1992). Discursive
Psychology. London: Sage.
Coll, C., & Edwards, D. (Eds.)
(1997). Teaching, Learning and Classroom
Discourse: Approaches to the Study of Educational Discourse. Madrid: Fundación Infancia y Aprendizaje. Also published in Spanish as Enseñanza,
Aprendizaje y Discurso en el Aula: Aproximaciones al Estudio del Discurso
Educacional, 1996. And in Portuguese, as Ensino, Aprendizagem e Discurso em Sala de Aula: Aproximações ao estudo
educacional. Porto Alegre, Brazil: Editora Artes Médicas, 1998.
Edwards, D. (1997). Discourse
and Cognition. London: Sage.
Articles
These are divided sometimes arbitrarily into categories as follows
(click to go there). Some of the later ones are available as pdf (Adobe
Acrobat) files for download.
v Early stuff on child language
v Studies of classroom education
v Studies of conversational remembering
v
DP (Discursive
psychology), DA and CA
Early
stuff on child language
Edwards, D. (1973). Sensory-motor intelligence and
semantic relations in early child grammar. Cognition,
2 (4), 395-434.
Edwards, D. (1978). The sources of children’s early
meanings. In I. Markova (Ed.) The Social Context of Language. Chichester, UK: Wiley.
Edwards, D. (1978). Social relations and early
language. In A.J. Lock (Ed.), Action, Gesture and Symbol: the Emergence of
Language. London: Academic Press.
Edwards, D., & Goodwin, R.Q. (1985). The language of
shared attention and visual experience: A functional study of early
nomination. Journal of Pragmatics, 9 (4), 475-493.
Edwards, D., & Goodwin, R.Q. (1986). Action words and
pragmatic function in early language. In
S. Kuzcaj & M. Barrett (Eds.), The
Development of Word Meaning. New
York: Springer-Verlag.
Studies
of classroom education
Mercer, N.M., & Edwards, D. (1981). Ground rules for
mutual understanding: towards a social psychological approach to classroom
knowledge. In N.M. Mercer (Ed.), Language in School and Community. London: Edward Arnold.
Edwards, D., & Mercer, N.M. (1986). Context and continuity: classroom
discourse and the development of shared knowledge.” In K. Durkin (Ed.) Language Development in the School Years. London: Croom Helm.
Edwards, D., & Maybin, J. (1987). Discourse and
knowledge in the classroom. Unit 16 in EH207,
Communication and Education. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
Edwards, D., & Mercer, N.M. (1987). Educational ground rules. In B.M.
Mayor & A.K. Pugh (Eds.) Language,
Communication and Education. London:
Croom Helm.
Edwards, D., & Mercer, N.M. (1987). Discourse, power
and the creation of shared knowledge: How do pupils discover what they are
meant to? In M. Hildebrand-Nilshon &
G. Ruckreim (Eds.), Proceedings of the
First International Conference on Activity Theory. Berlin: Hochschule der
Kunste.
Edwards, D. (1987). Educational knowledge and collective
memory. Quarterly Newsletter of the
Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition, 9 (1), 38-48.
Mercer, N.M., & Edwards, D. (1987). Knowledge
development in adult learning groups. Open Learning, 2 (2), 22-28.
Mercer, N.M., Edwards, D., & Maybin, J. (1988).
Putting context into oracy: The construction of shared knowledge through
classroom discourse. In M. MacLure, T.
Phillips & A. Wilkinson (Eds.), Oracy
Matters. Milton Keynes: Open
University Press.
Edwards, D., & Mercer, N.M. (1989). Reconstructing
context: The conventionalization of classroom knowledge. Discourse
Processes, 12, 91-104.
Edwards, D. (1989). The pain and pleasure of mathematics:
On Walkerdine’s ‘The Mastery of Reason’.
Quarterly Newsletter of the
Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition, 11 (1), 38-42.
Edwards, D. (1990). Entrevista con Derek Edwards. (An
edited interview conducted by R. Ortega and A. Luque). Investigacion
en la Escuela, 12, 69-76.
Edwards, D. (1990). Classroom discourse and classroom
knowledge. In P. Kutnick & C. Rogers (Eds.), The Social Psychology of the Primary School. London: Routledge.
Edwards, D. (1990). El papel del profesor en la
construccion social del conocimiento. Investigacion en la Escuela, 10, 33-49.
Edwards, D. (1990). Discourse and the development of
understanding in the classroom. In O.
Boyd-Barrett & E. Scanlon (Eds.), Computers
and Learning. Wokingham:
Addison-Wesley.
Mercer, N.M., & Edwards, D. (1991). Developing shared
understanding: Theories, pedagogies and educational practice. In M. Spoelders (Ed.), Literacy Acquisition (pp. 31-41).
Lier, Belgium: Van In.
Edwards, D., & Mercer, N.M. (1991). Reconstructing
context: The conventionalization of classroom knowledge. In P. Light, S.
Sheldon, & M. Woodhead (Eds.), Learning
to Think (pp. 121-135). London and New York: Routledge. Reprinted from Discourse Processes, 12,
91-104. Also reprinted in C. Desforges
& R. Fox (Eds.), Teaching and learning: The essential readings (pp.
212-227). Oxford: Blackwell.
Edwards, D. (1993). But what do children really think?
Discourse analysis and conceptual content in children’s talk. Cognition
and Instruction, 11 (3 & 4), 207-225. [Download
a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (1993). Che cosa pensano realmente i bambini?
Analisi del discorso e contenuto concettuale nel linguaggio dei bambini. In C. Pontecorvo (Ed.) La
Condivisione della Conoscenza (pp. 75-93).
Florence: La Nuova Italia.
Edwards, D. (1993). Concepts, memory and the organization
of pedagogic discourse: A case study. International
Journal of Educational Research, 19 (3), 205-225.
Edwards, D. (1995). Psicologia discorsiva e istruzione a
scuola (Discursive psychology and classroom education). In C. Pontecorvo, A.M.
Ajello, & C. Zucchermaglio, (Eds.), I
Contesti Sociali dell’apprendimento (pp. 84-114). Milan: LED (Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere
Economia Diritto).
Edwards, D. (1996). Hacia una psicología discursiva de la
educación en el aula. In C. Coll &
D. Edwards (Eds.), Enseñanza, Aprendizaje
y Discurso en el Aula: Aproximaciones al Estudio del Discurso Educacional
(pp. 35-52). Madrid: Fundación Infancia
y Aprendizaje.
Edwards, D. (1997). Toward a discursive psychology of
classroom education. In C. Coll & D. Edwards (Eds.), Teaching, Learning and Classroom Discourse: Approaches to the Study of
Educational Discourse (pp. 33-48).
Coll, C., & Edwards, D. (1997). Presentation. In C. Coll & D. Edwards (Eds.), Teaching, Learning and Classroom Discourse:
Approaches to the Study of Educational Discourse (pp. 9-11). Madrid: Fundación Infancia yAprendizaje.
Edwards, D. (1998). Em direção a uma psicologia do
discurso da educação em sala de aula. In C. Coll & D. Edwards (Eds.), Ensino, Aprendizagem e Discurso em Sala de
Aula: Aproximações ao estudo educacional (pp. 47-74). Porto Alegre, Brazil:
Editora Artes Médicas. [Portuguese translation].
Edwards, D. (1999). La psicologia cultural de l’educació
de Bruner. Temps d’Educacio, 21, 93-109.
Edwards, D., & Mercer, N.M. (2002). Reconstructing
context: The conventionalization of classroom knowledge. In C. Desforges & R. Fox (Eds.), Teaching
and Learning: The Essential Readings (pp. 212-227). Oxford: Blackwell,
2002. [Reprinted from Discourse Processes]
Studies
of conversational remembering
Edwards, D., & Middleton, D.J. (1986). Joint
remembering: Constructing an account of shared experience through
conversational discourse. Discourse Processes, 9 (4), 423-459.
Edwards, D., & Middleton, D.J. (1986). Text for
memory: Joint recall with a scribe. Human Learning, 5 (3), 125-138.
Edwards, D., & Middleton, D.J. (1986). Conversation
with Bartlett. Quarterly Newsletter of the Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition,
8 (3), 79-89.
Middleton, D., & Edwards, D. (1987). Conversational remembering: Joint recall and learning to talk about the
past. In M. Hildebrand-Nilshon & G. Ruckriem
(Eds.), Proceedings of the First International Congress on Activity Theory. Berlin: Hochschule der Kunste.
Edwards, D., & Middleton, D.J. (1987). Conversation
and remembering: Bartlett revisited. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 1 (2),
77-92.
Edwards, D., & Middleton, D.J. (1988). Conversational
remembering and family relationships:
How children learn to remember. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships,
5, 3-25.
Middleton, D., & Edwards, D. (1990). Conversational
remembering: A social psychological approach.
In D. Middleton & D. Edwards (Eds.), Collective Remembering. London: Sage.
Edwards, D., Middleton, D., & Potter, J. (1992).
Toward a discursive psychology of remembering. The Psychologist, 5, 56-60. [Download
a pdf of this and related discussion]
Edwards, D., Middleton, D., & Potter, J. (1992).
Remembering, reconstruction and rhetoric: A rejoinder. The Psychologist, 5, 7-9.
Billig, M., & Edwards, D. (1994). La construction
sociale de la mémoire. La Recherche, 25, 742-745.
Edwards, D., & Potter, J. (1995). Remembering. In R. Harré & P. Stearns (Eds.), Discursive Psychology in Practice (pp.
9-36). London: Sage. (Reprinted from Applied Cognitive Psychology).
Edwards, D., & Middleton, D. (1999). Conversational
remembering and family relationships:
How children learn to remember.
In P. Lloyd & C. Fernyhough (Eds.), Lev Vygotsky: Critical Assessments.
London: Routledge (pp. 379-398).
[Reprinted from Journal of Social
and Personal Relationships].
DP
(Discursive psychology), DA and CA
Potter, J., Wetherell, M., Gill, R., & Edwards, D.
(1990). Discourse: Noun, verb or social
practice? Philosophical Psychology, 3, 205-17.
Potter, J., & Edwards, D. (1990). Nigel Lawson’s
tent: Discourse analysis, attribution theory and the social psychology of
fact. European Journal of Social Psychology, 20, 405-424.
Edwards, D. (1991). Categories are for talking: On the
cognitive and discursive bases of categorization. Theory and Psychology, 1 (4), 515-542. [Download
a pdf copy]
Edwards, D., & Potter, J. (1992). The Chancellor’s
memory: Rhetoric and truth in discursive remembering. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 6, 187-215. [Download
a pdf copy]
Edwards, D., & Potter, J. (1993). Language and
causation: A discursive action model of description and attribution. Psychological Review, 100 (1), 23-41.
Potter, J., Edwards, D., & Wetherell, M. (1993). A
model of discourse in action. American
Behavioral Scientist, 36 (3),
383-401. [Download
a pdf copy]
Potter, J., & Edwards, D. (1994). La construction
d’une démission politique. In A. Trognon
& J. Larrue (Eds.), Pragmatique du
Discours Politique (pp. 153-182). Paris: Armand Colin.
Edwards, D. (1994). Script formulations: A study of event
descriptions in conversation. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 13 (3), 211-247. [Download a pdf
copy]
Edwards, D. (1994).
La psicologia discorsiva: Presentazione ed alcune questioni
metodologiche (Discursive psychology: Illustrations and some methodological
issues). Rassegna di Psicologia, 11 (3), 9-40.
Edwards, D., & Potter, J. (1995). Attribution. In R.
Harré & P. Stearns (Eds.), Discursive
Psychology in Practice (pp. 87-119).
London: Sage. (Reprinted from Psychological Review).
Edwards, D. (1995). A commentary on discursive and
cultural psychology. Culture and
Psychology, 1 (1), 55-65.
Edwards, D. (1995). Sacks and psychology. Theory and Psychology, 5 (3), 579-597. [Download a
pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (1995). Two to tango: Script formulations,
dispositions, and rhetorical symmetry in relationship troubles talk. Research
on Language and Social Interaction, 28 (4), 319-350. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (1997). Structure and function in the
analysis of everyday narratives. Journal of
Narrative and Life History, 7 (1-4), 139-146.
Edwards, D. (1998). Discourse and information: An essay
review of ‘Discourse, consciousness, and
time’ by Wallace Chafe. Culture and Psychology, 4 (1), 131-145.
[Download
a pdf copy]
MacMillan, K., & Edwards, D. (1998). Designer
families: A discourse analysis of fact and accountability. Journal
of Sociolinguistics, 2/3, 323-345. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (1998). The relevant thing about her: Social
identitity categories in use. In C. Antaki & S. Widdicombe (Eds.), Identities in Talk (pp. 15-33). London:
Sage. [Download
a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (1999). Shared knowledge as a performative
and rhetorical category. In J. Verschueren (Ed.), Pragmatics in 1998: Selected papers from the 6th International
Pragmatics Conference, vol. 2 (pp. 130-141). Antwerp: International Pragmatics
Association.
Edwards, D. (1999). Emotion discourse. Culture
and Psychology, 5 (3), 271-291.
[Download
a pdf copy]
MacMillan, K., & Edwards, D. (1999). Who killed the
princess? Description and blame in the British press. Discourse Studies, 1 (2), 151-174.
[Download
a pdf copy]
Edwards, D., & Potter, J. (1999). Language and causal
attribution: A rejoinder to Schmid and Fiedler.
Theory and Psychology, 9 (6),
823-836.
Potter, J., & Edwards, D. (1999). Social
representations and discursive psychology: From cognition to action. Culture
and Psychology, 5 (4), 447-458. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (2000). Extreme case formulations: Softeners,
investment, and doing nonliteral. Research on Language and Social Interaction,
33 (4), 347-373. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (2000). Reply: Discursive psychology and its
empirical programme. Journal of Community
and Applied Psychology, 10 (1), 81-82.
Potter, J., & Edwards, D. (2001). Sociolinguistics,
cognitivism, and discursive psychology. In N. Coupland, S. Sarangi, & C.N.
Candlin (Eds). Sociolinguistics and Social Theory (pp. 88-103). London: Addison Wesley Longman.
Potter, J., & Edwards, D. (2001). Discursive social
psychology. In W.P. Robinson & H.
Giles (Eds.), The New Handbook of
Language and Social Psychology (pp. 103-118). Chichester, UK: Wiley. [Download a pdf
copy]
Edwards, D. (2001). Emotion. In M. Wetherell, S. Taylor, & S.J. Yates
(Eds.), Discourse Theory and Practice: A
Reader (pp. 236-246). London: Sage.
Edwards, D., & Potter, J. (2001). Discursive
psychology. In A. McHoul & M. Rapley (Eds.), How to Analyse Talk in Institutional Settings: A Casebook of Methods (pp.
12-24). London and New York: Continuum
International.
Edwards, D. (2001). Psicologia discursiva: Unió de la
teoria i mètode amb un exemple. In L. Iñiguez (Ed.), El Llenguatge en les Ciències Humanes i Socials. Barcelona: Edicions
de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
Potter, J., Wetherell, M., Gill, R., & Edwards, D.
(2002). Discourse: Noun, verb or social practice? In I. Parker (Ed.), Critical
Discursive Psychology (pp. 160-171). Basingstoke, Hants., UK: Palgrave
Macmillan. [Reprinted from Philosophical
Psychology]
Edwards, D. (2003). La psicología discorsiva. In L.
Iñiguez (Ed.), Análisis del Discurso: Manual
para las Ciencias Sociales (pp. 141-156). Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat Oberta de
Catalunya.
Potter, J., & Edwards, D. (2003). Rethinking
cognition: On Coulter on discourse and mind. Human Studies, 26 (1), 165-181. [Download
a pdf copy]
Antaki, C., Billig, M., Edwards, D., Potter, J. (2003).
Discourse analysis means doing analysis: A critique of six analytic
shortcomings. Discourse Analysis Online, 1 (1). [http://www.shu.ac.uk/daol/articles/v1/n1/a1/antaki2002002-paper.html] Translated
as El análisis
Locke, A., & Edwards, D. (2003). Bill and Monica:
Memory, emotion and normativity in Clinton’s Grand Jury testimony. British
Journal of Social Psychology, 42 (2), 239-256. [Download
a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (2003).
Analyzing racial discourse: The discursive psychology of mind-world
relationships. In H. van den Berg, M. Wetherell, & H. Houtkoop-Steenstra
(Eds.), Analyzing Race Talk:
Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Interview (pp. 31-48). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Download a pdf
copy]
Potter, J., & Edwards, D. Sociolinguistics, cognitivism, and discursive
psychology. International Journal of
English Studies, 2003, 3 (1) 93-109.
[Reprinted from N. Coupland, S. Sarangi, & C.N. Candlin (Eds). Sociolinguistics
and Social Theory (pp. 88-103).
London: Addison Wesley Longman, 2001.]
Edwards, D. (2004). Psicologia Discursiva: Teoria da
ligação e método com um exemplo. In L. Iñiguez (Ed.), Manual de Análise do Dircurso
em Ciências Sociais (pp. 181-205).
Brazil: Editora Vozes.
Edwards, D. (2004). Deviant case analysis. In M. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, & T.F. Liao
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Science
Research Methods (pp. 259-260).
London and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Edwards, D. (2004). Discourse analysis. In M. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, & T.F. Liao
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Science
Research Methods (pp. 265-268).
London and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Edwards, D. (2004). Interpretative repertoire. In M. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, & T.F. Liao
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Science
Research Methods (pp. 506-507).
London and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Edwards, D. (2004). Proof procedure. In M. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, & T.F. Liao
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Science
Research Methods (pp. 874-875).
London and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Edwards, D., & Stokoe, E.H. (2004). Discursive
psychology, focus group interviews, and participants’ categories. British
Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 499-507. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (2004). Shared knowledge as a performative category in conversation. Rivista Italiana di
Psicolinguistica Applicata (RiPLA), 4 (2), 41-53. Special Issue
edited by A. Fasulo & R. Galatolo, “L'analisi del parlato in interazione.”
ISSN 1592-1328. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (2004). Discursive psychology. In K. Fitch & R. Sanders (Eds.), Handbook
of Language and Social Interaction (pp. 257-273). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [Download
a pre-publication pdf]
Edwards, D.
(2005). Moaning, whinging and laughing: The subjective side of
complaints. Discourse Studies, 2005,
7 (1), 5-29. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D., & Potter, J. (2005). Discursive
psychology, mental states and descriptions. In H. te Molder & J. Potter
(Eds), Conversation and Cognition (pp. 241-259). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Download a pdf
copy]
Edwards,
D. (2006). Narrative analysis. In A.
Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.), The
Discourse Reader, Second Edition (pp. 227-238).
Edwards,
D. (2006). Discourse,
cognition and social practices: The rich surface of language and social
interaction. Discourse Studies,
8(1), 41-49. Special Issue on
Discourse, Interaction and Cognition, edited by T.A. Van Dijk. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (2006). ‘Deviant Case Analysis’ and
‘Transcription’. 2 entries for V. Jupp
(Ed.), The Sage Dictionary of Social
Research Methods. London: Sage.
Edwards, D. (2006). Facts,
norms and dispositions: Practical uses of the modal would in police interrogations. Discourse
Studies, 8 (4), 475-501. [Download
a pdf – limited copies available]
Edwards, D., & Fasulo, A. (2006). “To be honest”: Sequential uses of honesty phrases in talk-in-interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 39 (4), 343-376. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. La
psicología discorsiva. In L. Iñiguez (Ed.), Análisis
del Discurso: Manual para las Ciencias Sociales, 2nd Edition (pp. 143-159).
Stokoe, E., & Edwards, D. (2006). Story formulations
in talk-in-interaction. Narrative Inquiry,
16 (1) 56-65. [Email to request a
copy – D.Edwards@lboro.ac.uk ]
Stokoe,
E., & Edwards, D. (2007). Story formulations in talk-in-interaction. In M.
Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative: State of the
art (pp. 69-79).
Edwards,
D. Moaning, whinging and laughing: The
subjective side of complaints. In T.A. van Dijk (Ed.), Discourse Studies. Volume 2 (pp. 159-182).
Edwards,
D. (Ed.). (2007). Calling for help. Special issue of Research on Language and Social Interaction, 40 (1), 1-144.
Edwards,
D. (2007). Calling for help: Introduction to the special issue. Research on Language and Social Interaction,
40 (1), 1-8. [Download
a pdf copy]
Edwards, D., & Stokoe, E. (2007). Self-help in calls for help with problem
neighbors. Research on Language and
Social Interaction, 40 (1), 9-32.
[Download a
pdf copy]
Stokoe, E., & Edwards, D. (2007).
“Black this, black that”: Racial insults and reported speech in neighbour
complaints and police interrogations. Discourse
& Society, 18 (3),
355-390. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards,
D. (2007). Managing subjectivity in talk. In A. Hepburn & S. Wiggins
(Eds.), Discursive Research in Practice: New approaches to psychology and
interaction (pp. 31-49).
Stokoe, E., & Edwards, D.
(2008). “Did you have permission to smash your neighbour’s door?” Silly
questions and their answers in police-suspect interrogations. Discourse Studies, 10 (1), 89-111. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards,
D. (2008). Intentionality and mens rea in police interrogations: The
production of actions as crimes. Intercultural
Pragmatics, 5 (2), 177-199. [Download a
pdf copy]
Stokoe, E., & Edwards, D. (In press, 2009). Mundane
morality and gender in familial neighbour disputes. In J. Cromdal & M.
Tholander (Eds.), Children, Morality and
Interaction (pp. **-**). London: Equinox.
[Download
a manuscript pdf]
Stokoe, E., & Edwards, D. (In press, 2009). Asking ostensibly silly
questions in police-suspect interrogations. In A.F. Freed & S. Ehrlich (Eds.), Why do
you ask?: The function of questions in institutional discourse.
Stokoe, E., & Edwards, D. (In press). “I advise you
not to answer that question”: Lawyers’ turns in police interrogations of
suspects. In A. Johnson & M. Coulthard (Eds.), Routledge handbook in forensic linguistics. London: Routledge.
Miscellaneous
other stuff
Middleton, D.J., & Edwards, D. (1985). Pure and
applied psychology: Redefining the relationship. Bulletin
of the British Psychological Society, 38, 146-150.
Edwards, D., & Christophersen, H. (1988).
Bilingualism, literacy and metalinguistic awareness in pre-school
children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 6, 235-244.
Edwards, D. (1989).
Becoming an individual in society. In D.
Howitt, et al. (Eds.) Social Psychology: Conflicts and Continuities. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
Edwards, D. (1989). Phase transformations as discursively
occasioned phenomena. Quarterly Newsletter of the Laboratory of
Comparative Human Cognition, 11 (3), 95-104.
Ashmore, M.T., Edwards, D., & Potter, J. (1994). The
bottom line: The rhetoric of reality demonstrations. Configurations,
2 (1), 1-14.
Edwards, D. (1994). Imitation and artifice in apes,
humans and machines. American Behavioral
Scientist, 37 (6), 754-771. [Download a pdf copy]
Edwards, D. (1994). Whorf’s empty gasoline drum and the
Pope’s missing wife. Journal of Pragmatics, 22, 215-218.
Edwards, D. (1995). What’s in a word? Bring on the seals
and the sheep (In response to Hofmann). Journal of Pragmatics, 23, 451-453.
Edwards, D., Ashmore, M., & Potter, J. (1995). Death and
furniture: The rhetoric, politics, and theology of bottom line arguments
against relativism. History of the Human Sciences, 8 (2),
25-49. [Download a pdf copy]
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