The Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis: an Introduction

by Bloor,Meriel

• ISBN13: 9780340912379
• ISBN10: 0340912375
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-26
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

This book provides an introduction to the aims, theories and practices of critical discourse analysis (CDA). It is mainly concerned with the linguistic aspects of CDA. It provides an introduction to the different types of language analysis that are employed in CDA (frequency analysis, coversation, transitivity and reference, and figurative language, for example) and seeks to provide readers with the skillsto apply them in different contexts to various types of texts: political speeches, marketing pieces, literary works, advertising, multimedia persuasive texts, discourses on race, gender, and politics.

Author Biography

Meriel Bloor is a Fellow of the Centre for English Language Teaching at the University of Warwick. She is also a Visiting Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Birmingham. Thomas Bloor is a Fellow of the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Background and theory	p. 1
This book and how to use it	p. 1
The multidisciplinary nature of CDA	p. 1
Some examples of CDA practice	p. 3
Matters of principle	p. 4
Language and institutions	p. 5
Some basic terms and tools	p. 6
What makes CDA 'critical'?	p. 12
Activities	p. 13
Further study	p. 13
Discourse and social context	p. 15
Sign, context and meaning	p. 15
Language in use	p. 17
Purposeful communication	p. 19
Reference, identity and role	p. 20
Assumptions and the co-operative principle	p. 22
The analysis of context	p. 26
Institutional constraints	p. 29
Activities	p. 30
Further study	p. 31
Positioning and point of view	p. 33
Position and attitude	p. 33
Stance in film and book reviews	p. 34
Stance in a promotional letter	p. 37
Unconscious stance in racist and sexist discourse	p. 43
Stance in history textbooks	p. 45
Some conclusions	p. 47
Activities	p. 47
Further study	p. 49
Intertextual analysis	p. 51
Chains and networks of text	p. 51
Prediction and fact in the media: an example	p. 52
The uses of intertextuality	p. 54
Intertextuality in literature	p. 58
Intertextuality in scientific discourse	p. 60
Expert discourse and issues of power	p. 62
Activities	p. 63
Further study	p. 65
Figurative language, metaphor and message	p. 67
Rhetorical devices in discourse	p. 67
Aristotle's Rhetoric	p. 67
Metaphor	p. 69
Soundbites, slogans and stock phrases	p. 72
Metaphorical framing	p. 75
Analysis: a political article	p. 77
Activities	p. 82
Further study	p. 84
The construction of identity	p. 85
Power and equality	p. 85
Identity and social roles	p. 85
National identity	p. 86
Racial and ethnic identity	p. 87
An example: a racial identity issue	p. 93
Gender identity	p. 94
Gendered discourse	p. 95
Activities	p. 97
Further study	p. 99
Politeness, power and solidarity	p. 101
Non-verbal communication	p. 101
Facework	p. 101
Hedging	p. 103
Politeness	p. 104
Turn-taking	p. 105
Topic control: two television news interviews	p. 107
Spoken and written discourse	p. 113
Desperately seeking solidarity	p. 115
Activities	p. 119
Further study	p. 119
The discourse of prejudice	p. 121
Frames and race	p. 121
Two reports on immigration	p. 123
Prejudice	p. 128
Lexical meaning	p. 129
Lexis and ethnic identity	p. 131
Political correctness	p. 133
Activities	p. 136
Further study	p. 137
The discourse of consumerism	p. 139
Commerce then and now	p. 139
Advertising	p. 141
Analysis: an advertisement	p. 144
Medical science and vested interests	p. 149
The consumerization of education	p. 153
Activities	p. 156
Further study	p. 157
Discourse and the law	p. 159
Equality before the law	p. 159
Disadvantage in court	p. 160
Speech acts in court	p. 166
Forensic linguistics	p. 167
Identical utterances	p. 168
Lexical density	p. 169
Activities	p. 171
Further study	p. 171
Glossary	p. 173
Notes	p. 179
Grammar appendix	p. 183
References	p. 191
Index	p. 201
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