CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
The article is devoted to formation and development of discourse analysis as an effective method to study functional aspects of political communication in global political space. It reports on main theoretical and methodological approaches to critical analysis of political discourse. Mainly, it de...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Volgograd State University
2019-11-01
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Series: | Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie |
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Online Access: | https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/577-science-journal-of-volsu-linguistics-2019-vol-18-no-3/materials-and-reports/1931-matytsina-m-s-critical-discourse-analysis-theoretical-and-methodological-approaches |
Summary: | The article is devoted to formation and development of discourse analysis as an effective
method to study functional aspects of political communication in global political space. It reports on main
theoretical and methodological approaches to critical analysis of political discourse. Mainly, it deals with
theoretical and methodological perspectives of three leading schools of critical discourse analysis: discourse
analysis of N. Fairclough, that presents a relational approach to considering social problems in their relation to
textual analysis; socio-cognitive theory of T.A. van Dijk, oriented to investigating relations between cognitive
structures, discourse and social coordination; discourse analysis of R. Wodak, that uses historical approach
to discourse and is aimed at description of powerful language of the elite that helps to maintain dominance in
society. The paper characterizes some frameworks of critical analysis of political discourse, including the
Duisburg School of Critical Discourse Analysis (S. Jäger, F. Maier), System-Functional and Social-Semiotic
Theory (M. Halliday, T. van Leeuwen), and Mediated Discourse Analysis (R. Scollon, S. Scollon). It is stated
that within its boundaries critical discourse analysis includes a variety of approaches, analytical tools and
methodologies. The author underlines that scientific consideration of critical discourse analysis will demonstrate
its potential and prospects for integrating this interdisciplinary qualitative methodology into a set of empirical
tools of modern political science. |
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ISSN: | 1998-9911 2409-1979 |