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
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
significance, shape perspectives, fabricate it, and identify it. The term discourse can be engaged in these situations as it points out to the variety of methods through which communication among people is achieved. Thus discourse can be often calculated as having an active relation to truth. Fairclough in the year 2003 has drawn three distinctiveness of this discourse which illustrates its function within the social life. These
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 by almost demonizing them by creating an ‘othering’
and Teacher Revoicing The significance of examining discourse has been acknowledged for a long time (Mehan, 1979). Classroom discourse portrays the spoken social interactions between teachers and students (Harkness & Wachenheim, 2008). It is believed that discourse in the classroom is essential instrument for student cognitive development (McKeachie, 1994) and the quality of classroom discourse might set an appropriate ambiance for learning and transmitting teachers’ expectations for their students’
This article explores the discursive and affective approaches to politics exemplified by Ernesto Laclau's theory of populism and Brian Massumi's affect theory respectively. It presents an analysis of the role the notion of discourse plays in Laclau's conception of populism and argues that his language-based approach to politics precludes him from elaborating on the material side of politics, which includes street protests and the use of media technologies. This paper shows that despite Laclau's attempts
portrayal or discourse. A big part of it is discourse theory, and here done by Laclau and Mouffe, and they have some specific features. “The overall idea of discourse theory is that social phenomena are never finished or total”, meaning that even though you have a clear view of something, you can always see it another way, there is no end point (Philips & Jorgensen, 2002, 24). How something can mean one thing in one setting, and something else in another. The focus I would have is Discourse theory,
CRITICAL REVIEWS ON CORPUS • Corpus Linguistics in Critical Discourse Analysis: A Case Study on News Reports of the 2011 Libyan Civil War1-Sibo Chen School of Communication, Simon Fraser University This paper reports a comparative analysis of the news coverage of the 2011 Libyan civil war in two national media. The 2011 Libyan civil war attracted wide attention and was extensively covered by various media around the world. However, news discourse regarding the war was constructed differently across various
Introduction & Text Selection Discourse (or textual) analysis refers to a broad spectrum of methodologies within the field of applied linguistics that aim to evaluate the functional use of language in a fuller textual, social and psychological context. The application of these various techniques allows researchers to better understand how individuals and groups interpret the world around them via their use of language. In short, the analysis of text allows us to look ‘beyond the sentence’ (Thornbury
are no exception to this ideological position. However, development of market segmentation techniques now has led marketing professionals to focus on the more profitable and high income segment to the exclusion of the poor in many sectors citing example of the of subaltern consumers, Verman & Belk acknowledge that these groups are infact at the margins of consumption markets with limited participation in exchange relationships. However, consumer culture as is evident amongst the urban elite is also