Critical discourse analysis

Critical discourse analysis

Critical discourse analysis is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of discourse that views language as a form of social practice.

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Who introduced critical discourse analysis?

• Lawrence Venuti

• Norman Fairclough

• Eugene Albert Nida

• Roman Jakobson

Norman Fairclough

• Norman Fairclough was born in 1941 and is a professor of linguistics at Lancaster University in England.

• Fairclough is one of the founders of critical discourse analysis (CDA) applied to sociolinguistics, which is concerned with how power is exercised through language.

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According to Fairclough, language should always be analyzed in relation to:

• Its dictionary definitions

• Its literary quality

• Its social context

• Its technological use

Critical discourse analysis

• Critical discourse analysis can be defined as an interdisciplinary approach for critically describing, interpreting, and explaining spoken or written language related to its social context.

• CDA asserts that language, texts, and communication should always be considered in their social context.

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What is the main focus of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)?

• The grammar and phonetics of spoken language

• How language reflects and exercises power in society

• The historical development of English grammar

• The comparison of literary texts across cultures

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Which of the following is NOT one of Fairclough’s three dimensions of CDA?

• Text analysis

• Discursive practice

• Psychological interpretation

• Social practice

Critical discourse analysis

• Fairclough’s model has three dimensions:

• text analysis

• discursive practice

• social practice

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What does the text analysis dimension focus on?

• The organization’s social norms

• The production and consumption of texts

• The words, structures, and attitudes expressed in language

• The political consequences of speech acts

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What is meant by discursive practice in Fairclough’s model?

• The analysis of power in society

• The study of how texts are produced, distributed, and interpreted

• The evaluation of moral values in speech

• The analysis of historical events

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Which example best illustrates Fairclough’s social practice dimension?

• Examining sentence structure

• Analyzing social traditions and hierarchy reflected in a speech

• Identifying metaphors used in conversation

• Translating text into another language

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What is one advantage of using Fairclough's CDA?

• It helps determine the sender’s intended meaning and desired audience behavior

• It focuses only on vocabulary lists

• It eliminates cultural differences

• It ignores power relations in communication

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What does Fairclough's theory suggest about language and change?

• Language is fixed and cannot influence society

• Language merely reflects reality

• Language is a tool that can create and influence social change

• Language is separate from social structures

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What is one criticism of Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis?

• It ignores the social context of language use

• It is too simple and easy to apply

• It can be difficult to understand and varies across cultures

• It does not consider written communication

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