An overview of focal approaches of critical discourse analysis

This article aims to present detailed accounts of central approaches to Critical Discourse Analysis. It focuses on the work of three prominent scholars such as Fairclough’s critical approach, Wodak’s discourse-historical approach and Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach. This study concludes that a c...

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Main Authors: Jahedi, Maryam, Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Sathivellu, Mukundan, Jayakaran
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Language:English
Published: Australian International Academic Centre 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36431/
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spelling upm-364312019-04-01T04:01:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36431/ An overview of focal approaches of critical discourse analysis Jahedi, Maryam Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Sathivellu Mukundan, Jayakaran This article aims to present detailed accounts of central approaches to Critical Discourse Analysis. It focuses on the work of three prominent scholars such as Fairclough’s critical approach, Wodak’s discourse-historical approach and Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach. This study concludes that a combination of these three approaches can be useful to critical analysis of texts. Australian International Academic Centre 2014-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36431/1/An%20overview%20of%20focal%20approaches%20of%20critical%20discourse%20analysis.pdf Jahedi, Maryam and Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Sathivellu and Mukundan, Jayakaran (2014) An overview of focal approaches of critical discourse analysis. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 2 (4). pp. 28-35. ISSN 2202-9478 http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJELS/article/view/1299 10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.2n.4p.28
spellingShingle Jahedi, Maryam
Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Sathivellu
Mukundan, Jayakaran
An overview of focal approaches of critical discourse analysis
title An overview of focal approaches of critical discourse analysis
title_full An overview of focal approaches of critical discourse analysis
title_fullStr An overview of focal approaches of critical discourse analysis
title_full_unstemmed An overview of focal approaches of critical discourse analysis
title_short An overview of focal approaches of critical discourse analysis
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36431/1/An%20overview%20of%20focal%20approaches%20of%20critical%20discourse%20analysis.pdf