A Critical Discourse Analysis of Prayut Chan-o-cha’s Speeches of Elections and Reforms Rachayanandhana Phraekhao 5406610039 1 Introduction Politics is a struggle of power in order to put certain political, economic and social ideas into practice. In this process, language plays a crucial role. Every political action is prepared, accompanied, influenced and played by language. This paper analyses the political discourse of General Prayut Chan-o-Cha, the Prime Minister of Thailand who gave the
features for sociologically and critically oriented discourse analysis that distinguish them from the linguistic approach is understanding discourse as both speech and text and also to attaches in the proceedings research importance to the context in which they are played and to draw attention to his processuality. Representatives of the sociological discourse analysis set themselves primarily cognitive targets, representatives of critical discourse analysis treat their studies as a form of social practice
Representation This section of the essay will delve into the societal representations which the global media portray, through dominant discourses that help to frame and define our social understandings, opinions and attitudes of the world we live in. An emphasis will be shown on the effect these discourses have on our interpretations of people from other cultures, as well as people of another gender, or social position. These damaging discourses can serve to negatively affect sections of society
Discussion: It is generally supposed that New Criticism is a specifically American movement, and it is forgotten that in England I.A. Richards and T.S. Eliot were its pioneers. Richards provided the theoretical basis for the technique of verbal analysis of the New School. The term New Criticism was first used by Joel E. Spingarn in an address at Columbia University on, “The New Criticism,” and the address itself may be regarded as the manifesto of the New Criticism. However, the term came into general
return to pure nature through the analysis of a work of art ecocritically, namely Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea. It also attempts to show how the relationship between man and nature, which had been previously harmonized, has changed and became a heartless and cruel one due to technological and industrial developments and changes. Departure of the Sea is a short story in which the relationship between man and nature has manifested itself. The method of analysis followed in this research paper
speech-function and expression of attitude. The textual semantic is how the message structured as a message, for example theme structure or rhetorical structure. Also, there is another concept of analysis which is critical discourse analysis (CDA). It means a variety of approaches towards the social analysis of discourse (Fairclough & Wodak 1997, Pêcheux M 1982, Wodak & Meyer 2001 which differ in theory, methodology, and the type of research issues to which they tend to give
Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is one of the most central concepts introduced in the subject " Introduction to Linguistics II", which draws attention to the relation between language and power and the ideologies underlying discourse. Thanks to CDA, people can enhance their awareness about power, social structure and equality. Therefore, by analyzing classroom discourses, which are readily accessible to students, not only do I gain increasingly accurate perception of CDA but I also can broaden
of self-knowledge and wisdom. He believes in necessity of life evaluation for further improvements and betterment. The underlying principles of cultural studies has traces to Socrates’ statement. Cultural studies, as the theoretical and empirical analysis of culture, investigates the way cultural practices are related to various systems of power and social-phenomena. The field considers culture as a constantly interacting and changing sets of practices and processes. Though there have been multiple
prepared and students are more aware of the writing required in school setting. As English second language research and practices have developed, many techniques and methods have proved successful in English L2 writing classrooms: ( “Careful needs analysis to
oppressed as they being so marginalized as to not even have the ‘voice’ of the oppressed. So, symbolically, we might say that the colonizer is self, colonized is the other, and all those who are invisible to both self and the other are the subaltern. In critical theory and post colonialism, the term subaltern designates the populations which are socially, politically and geographically outside the hegemonic power structure of the colony and the colonial homeland. In describing, “history told from below”