Table 2.

Semiopragmatic analysis steps

Accurate transcription of the recordings (French: verbatims).

Identifying the most relevant elements of contextual anchoring.

General reading, followed by targeted reading.

Dividing text in meaning sections.

Identifying all indexical, textual and contextual elements informing the construction of a category (categorizing by continuous comparison).

Semiopragmatic characterization of emergent categories according to their semiotic level.

Arranging those categories according to their logical inter-relationships.

Constructing the meaning of an emerging phenomenon via a general proposition.