Semiotics Has Existed Since Ancient Times

Semiotics as the study of signs and semiosis[1] is very ancient. According to Charles William Morris, the word semiotics originates from the Greek medical traditions that adopted sign interpretation as a way of facilitating medical diagnosis and prognosis. Although its origin is medical, the history of semiotics is mainly linked with philosophical reflections: Over the…

December 13, 20210Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB

Discourse Analysis

The Difference Between Discourse Analysis and X

The difference between Discourse Analysis and X* is one of the most recurrent questions the members of @Discourse Analysis Group ask. This question can deceive learners into thinking that defining and drawing borders around the field of Discourse Analysis is something easy to do when in reality, it's not. By writing an answer to this, a…

April 5, 20200Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB

Highlights

The Evolution of Science: The Kuhn Cycle Explained

There's no doubt that Thomas Kuhn viewed science from a different angle of that of Karl Popper: he viewed it from a historical perspective and observed that it evolves in a circular way similar to a certain extent to the evolution of the seasons of the year, the cycle is known as the Kuhn Cycle…

February 1, 20200Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB

Research

The Ship Will Never Reach a Safe and an Ultimate Land

In the previous article “Reasoning Gaps: The Reason to Replicate Research Part II”, I concluded the discussion about research replication for the purpose of rectification of reasoning problems found in previous researches with the metaphor of a ship in the middle of a sea as follows: “For a clearer picture, think of it like a ship…

January 24, 20200Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB

Research

Reasoning Gaps: The Reason to Replicate Research II

In this second part of The Reason to Replicate Research, I'm going to develop with more details and explanations the Reasoning Gaps idea I briefly discussed in the article “How to Come Up with Research Question Easily Like a Pro”. And just like in Part I, I will try to pivot the explanation around an example and…

January 10, 20200Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB

Research

The Empirical Gap: The Reason to Replicate Research

In a previous article, titled “How to Come up With a Research Question Easily Like a Pro” I briefly discussed the type of gap that allows you to replicate researches proudly without having to worry about their originality. In this article, I'm going to discuss it in more detail and explain why it is very important…

January 3, 20200Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB

How-to Research

How to Come Up With a Research Question Easily Like a Pro

A research question is at the core around which revolves almost everything, ranging from the methodological choices taken, going through the constructed theoretical framework, and up to the inferences and deductions leading to logical conclusions. One challenging problem every student faces when planning research is finding and constructing a research question. Knowing how to come up with…

December 4, 20190Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB

Discourse Analysis

Positive Discourse Analysis (PDA)

You as a student, a teacher, or a researcher in the human and social sciences departments, certainly have heard about Critical Discourse Analysis...? It's not surprising if almost everyone has heard about it since, in the Anglo-Saxon world, CDA is not only popular among academics in the said departments, but it seems that knowing it, at…

November 27, 20190Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB

How-to

14 Google Tricks Every Researcher Needs to Know

Researchers today rely heavily on Google (and some of them on Bing). However, most of them use them as-is, just like any other internet user: They have a search bar, they type the keywords of what they wish to find and that's it. If you do that too, then you probably ignore many of the tricks and shortcuts…

November 19, 20190Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB

How-to

How to Cite and Build a Bibliography in Under 10 Minutes!

You are spending hours looking for information just to fill your references and build your bibliography, but you feel like you are wasting your time and you prefer to concentrate more on the most important aspects of your research... You are totally right, that practice belongs to the past. Today, with the power of citation building apps:…

November 15, 20190Comments

BySid Ahmed KHETTAB