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This book is designed as an introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and gives an overview of the various theories and methods associated with this sociolinguistic approach. It also introduces the reader to the leading figures in CDA and the methods to which they are most closely related. The text aims to provide a comprehensive description of the individual methods, an understanding of the theories to which methods refer and a comparative treatment of each of these methods so that students may be able to determine which is the most appropriate to select for their particular research question. Given the balance between theory and application, plus the intended audience - no previous knowledge of CDA is assumed - Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis should be useful reading for both students and researchers in the fields of linguistics, sociology, social psychology and the social sciences in general.
Critical Discourse Analysis as a Method in Social Scientific Research
Critical Discourse Analysis as a Method in Social Scientific Research
Contents
- Theoretical Position of CDA: Discourse as a Moment of Social Practices 122
- Analytical Framework for CDA 125
- Example: Representations of Change in the ‘Global Economy’ 127
- Focus upon a Social Problem which has a Semiotic Aspect 129
- Identify Obstacles to it Being Tackled 129
- Does the Social Order in a Sense ‘Need’ the Problem? 134
- Identify Possible Ways Past the Obstacles 134
- Reflect Critically on the Analysis 136
- Further Reading 136
My aim in this chapter is to describe critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a method which can be used in social scientific research. I shall refer to necessarily selective aspects of a particular object of ...
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