This is a sophisticated and nuanced introduction to critical discourse analysis (CDA) that covers a range of topics in an accessible, engaging style. With international examples and an interdisciplinary approach, readers gain a rich understanding of the many angles into critical discourse analysis, the fundamentals of how analysis works and examples from written texts, online data and images.

This new edition:

expands coverage of multimodality
adds two new chapters on social media and analysis of online data
supports learning with a guided introduction to each chapter
includes a new and extended glossary

Clearly written, practical and rigorous in its approach, this book is the ideal companion when embarking on research that focuses on discourse and meaning-making.

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Information

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Year

2015

ISBN

9781473934245

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Social Science Research & Methodology

Index

Social Sciences

Cover
Half Title
Publisher Note
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Preface
1 Critical Discourse Studies: History, Agenda, Theory and Methodology
2 The Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA)
3 Critical Discourse Studies: A Sociocognitive Approach
4 A Dialectical-Relational Approach to Critical Discourse Analysis in Social Research
5 Analysing Discourses and Dispositives: A Foucauldian Approach to Theory and Methodology
6 Discourse as The Recontextualization of Social Practice – a Guide
7 Checks and Balances: How Corpus Linguistics can Contribute to CDA
8 Critical Analysis of Visual and Multimodal Texts
9 Critical Discourse Studies and Social Media: Power, Resistance and Critique in Changing Media Ecologies
Glossary
References
Index