Sammenlign metoder

	Komparativ diskursanalyse	Komparativ tematisk analyse
Fagområde	Kvalitativ	Kvalitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Oprindelsesår	1980s–1990s (established as comparative practice through the 1990s)	2000s–2010s (as an explicit comparative variant of thematic analysis)
Ophavsperson	Norman Fairclough; Ruth Wodak; Teun A. van Dijk	Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke (thematic analysis foundation); comparative extension developed in applied policy and cross-cultural qualitative research traditions
Type	Qualitative comparative research approach	Qualitative comparative analytical strategy
Oprindelig kilde	Fairclough, N. (1995). Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language. Longman. ISBN: 978-0582219526	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Aliasser	CDA comparative, cross-context discourse analysis, comparative text analysis, multi-site discourse analysis	cross-group thematic analysis, comparative TA, multi-group thematic analysis, comparative qualitative thematic analysis
Relaterede	5	6
Resumé	Comparative discourse analysis examines how language constructs meaning, identity, and power by systematically contrasting texts or speech acts drawn from at least two distinct contexts, groups, time periods, or institutions. By holding analytical categories constant across cases, it reveals how discursive patterns diverge or converge, producing insights that single-context discourse analysis cannot generate.	Comparative Thematic Analysis applies the structured procedures of thematic analysis across two or more distinct groups, sites, or time points, with the explicit aim of identifying both shared patterns and meaningful differences. Rather than producing a single composite account of experience, it yields a layered analysis that maps where themes converge and diverge across comparison units — making it especially valuable for policy-relevant, cross-cultural, or multi-site qualitative studies.