7. Critical discourse analysis
1. Introduction
Critical discourse analysis is not a unified field of study. It appears in many forms and has a variety of origins. Its practitioners come from literary studies and a number of social science disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and education. In recent years, some well established scholars have attempted to draw boundaries and set objectives for their research in order to define it as an academic discipline, but others have continued to encourage the cross-disciplinary nature of critical discourse studies. In this chapter, we attempt to give an account of the main principles underlying present day practice, as well as looking at the variety ...
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