Critical Discourse Analysis
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Definition
Critical discourse analysis (often abbrieviated to CDA) provides theories and methods for the empirical study of the relations between discourse and social and cultural developments in various social domains (Jorgensen & Phillips, 2002). As the defintion says, CDA is both a method and a set of theories (movements). Norman Fairclough has developed the CDA as an approach. But, the CDA is also a movement within discourse analysis of which several approaches are part (Jorgensen & Phillips, 2002).
Critical Discourse Analysis as a movement
The CDA movement is a quite broad movement. There is no
References
- Jorgensen, M.W., and L. Phillips (2002). Discourse analysis: as theory and method,Londen: United Kingdom: Sage publications.
Contributors
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