Critical Discourse Analysis

(a)   is defined as lan­guage in its contexts of use. In considering language in its contexts of use, the concern is also with language above the level of the sentence.

(a)   can be defined as the study of language in its contexts of use.

The idea "One text cannot be understood except in relation to other texts which have gone before (and, indeed, which are likely to follow)" shows that discourse is _______.

• intertextual

• reproduced

• intercontextual

Critical discourse analysis has been used to conduct research in what fields? (Pick all that apply)

• politics

• health

• education

• physics

Which researchers have been highly influential in the field of discourse analysis?

• Fairclough

• Albers

• Gee

• Kress

The power of discourse is to __________ processes and make them seem self evident.

• challenge

• describe

• critique

• naturalize

________ is accomplished by people concertedly as they interact with each other. ____________ is a communicative tool that people use to help mutually construct meaning by identifying units of analysis at multiple levels including social events, institutions, and contexts.

• thematic coherence

• contextualization clues

• boundary making

What are contextualization cues?

• a communicative tool that people use to mutually construct meaning by identifying units of analysis at multiple levels including social events, institutions and contexts.

• any linguistic feature or form used to index an interpretative frame and context.

• the construction of meaning at multiple levels across an event and across events through people acting and reacting to each other.

What is thematic coherence?

• a communicative tool that people use to mutually construct meaning by identifying units of analysis at multiple levels including social events, institutions and contexts.

• any linguistic feature or form used to index an interpretative frame and context.

• the construction of meaning at multiple levels across an event and across events through people acting and reacting to each other.

(a)   discourse analysis is changing the focus from domination is reinforced to productive uses of power.