Abstract
This chapter presents the results of the qualitative portion of the analysis. Also here, the discussion is organized by method, including basic content and thematic analysis and an application of elements of the discourse-historical approach to critical discourse analysis. The content and thematic analysis section includes salient text excerpts organized by factor (i.e., the results of quantitative analysis laid out in Chapter 4). The discourse-historical approach section identifies the prominent topoi in this data set and provides representative and illustrative text excerpts.
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Ajšić, A. (2021). Qualitative Results by Method. In: Language and Ethnonationalism in Contemporary West Central Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72177-0_5
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