Philosophical foundations of critical discourse analysis: A diachronic sketch

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Theology and Religious Education

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Philosophia (Philippines)

Volume

16

Issue

1

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Abstract

Critical Discourse Analysis, or more popularly known as CDA, reflects the trend on the investigation of ideology and power struggle that is implied in the text and sound of discourse and language. With Norman Fairclough and the group in Lancaster University as the leading theorists of this discipline, this paper deals on extracting the very foundation of its theoretical claims in hope of unearthing the rich philosophical ideations and nuances that may have contributed towards its creation and formation through the years. In this way, this would not only expose its philosophical framework but also would provide its readers and its practitioners a theoretical base and scope of related disciplines for the furthering of their interests and practices. This diachronic sketch legitimizes the claims of CDA as it rests on the more popular and stable conceptual skeleton of the major prominent thinkers of critical theory, poststructuralism, and postmodernism.

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Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Philosophy

Keywords

Critical discourse analysis

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