The Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis: An Introduction

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Background and theory
	1.1 This book and how to use it
	1.2 The multidisciplinary nature of CDA
	1.3 Some examples of CDA practice
	1.4 Matters of principle
	1.5 Language and institutions
	1.6 Some basic terms and tools
	1.7 What makes CDA ‘critical’?
	Activities
	Further study
2. Discourse and social context
	2.1 Sign, context and meaning
	2.2 Language in use
	2.3 Purposeful communication
	2.4 Reference, identity and role
	2.5 Assumptions and the co-operative principle
	2.6 The analysis of context
	2.7 Institutional Constraints
	Activities
	Further
study
3. Positioning and point of view
	3.1 Position and attitude
	3.2 Stance in film and book reviews
	3.3 Stance in a promotional letter
	3.4 Unconscious stance in racist and sexist discourse
	3.5 Stance in history textbooks
	3.6 Some conclusions
	Activities
	Further study
4. Intertextual analysis
	4.1 Chains and networks of text
	4.2 Prediction and fact in the media: an example
	4.3 The uses of intertextuality
	4.4 Intertextuality in literature
	4.5 Intertextuality in scientific discourse
	4.6 Expert discourse and issues of power
	Activities
	Further study
5. Figurative language, metaphor and message
	5.1 Rhetorical devices in discourse
	5.2 Aristotle’s Rhetoric
	5.3 Metaphor
	5.4 Soundbites, slogans and stock phrases
	5.5 Metaphorical framing
	5.6 Analysis: a political article
	Activities
	Further study
6. The construction of identity
	6.1 Power and equality
	6.2 Identity and social roles
	6.3 National identity
	6.4 Racial and ethnic identity
	6.5 An example: a racial identity issue
	6.6 Gender identity
	6.7 Gendered discourse
	Activities
	Further study
7. Politeness, power and solidarity
	7.1 Non-verbal communication
	7.2 Facework
	7.3 Hedging
	7.4 Politeness
	7.5 Turn-taking
	7.6 Topic control: two television news interviews
	7.7 Spoken and written discourse
	7.8 Desperately seeking solidarity
	Activities
	Further study
8. The discourse of prejudice
	8.1 Frames and race
	8.2 Two reports on immigration
	8.3 Prejudice
	8.4 Lexical meaning
	8.5 Lexis and ethnic identity
	8.6 Political correctness
	Activities
	Further study
9. The discourse of consumerism
	9.1 Commerce then and now
	9.2 Advertising
	9.3 Analysis: an advertisement
	9.4 Medical science and vested interests
	9.5 The consumerization of education
	Activities
	Further study
10. Discourse and the law
	10.1 Equality before the law
	10.2 Disadvantage in court
	10.3 Speech acts in court
	10.4 Forensic linguistics
	10.5 Identical utterances
	10.6 Lexical density
	Activities
	Further study
Glossary
Notes
Grammar appendix
References
Index