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ENG223 Discourse Analysis

4.0 Conclusion

The enactment of power in discourse is considered very important as it has implications for the participants and the interpretation of the discourse. CDA recognizes that those who are privileged to have access to social power through their wealth, status, knowledge, age, gender often abuse it in discourse when they interact with people without such power. This has been shown in gender, political, racist, legal and medical discourse. The goal of CDA is to establish this fact in discourse.
5.0 Summary

In this unit, we have examined the discipline Critical Discourse Analysis. We looked at how it originated and the practices. Tracing its origin to the Systemic Functional Linguistics, we identified CDA as having a very strong link with Critical Linguistics. The concept of ideology is very important in CDA because texts are linked to the ideology behind their presentation. We also looked at the various areas that CDA has employed over the years and how to conduct research in CDA.

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6.0 Tutor-marked Assessment

Pick 5 different newspaper headlines on the same news item and discuss them using the Critical Discourse Analysis method.

7.0 Summary
In this Unit, we examined CDA, a sub-discipline of Discourse Analysis. We started by examining what is meant by CDA. We traced the origin to Critical Linguistics, which started in East Anglia and other disciplines that use the social approaches to analysis. The relationship between language and ideology was looked at, since our attitudes, beliefs and orientation cannot be separated from the language we use. Avery important aspect of this unit is the one that outlined how to do a research using the CDA approach.

8.0 References/Further Reading

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International Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education, Elsevier Science Ltd.

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