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. It consists of several approaches. There is no agreement about who belongs to this movement. But there are some key elements which are shared by all the approaches:
*The Character of Social and Cultural Processes and Structures is Partly Linguistic-Discursive
- Discourse is Both Constitutive and Constituted
- Language use should be Empirically
- Analysed within its Social Context
- Discourse Functions Ideologically
- Critical Research
References
- Jorgensen, M.W., and L. Phillips (2002). Discourse analysis: as theory and method,Londen: United Kingdom: Sage publications.
Contributors
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