Understanding Discourse Analysis (Languages and Linguistics)

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
‘We, the People’: An Analysis of US Presidential Discourse through a Pragma-Dialectic Approach to Argumentation Theory
	Abstract
	Introduction
	Theoretical and Methodological Background
		Psychological and Discursive Traps
		The Pragma-Dialectic Approach to Argumentation Theory
	Findings
		President Ronald Reagan and His Discursive Practices
		President George W. Bush and His Discursive Practices
		President Barack Obama and His Discursive Practices
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 2
Analysing Written Texts in  Education Policy Research:  Does Critical Discourse Analysis Offer Any Prospects?
	Abstract
	Introduction
	Ghana’s Post-Independence Educational Activities: A Brief Historical Account
	Theoretical Framework/Resource
	Defining CDA
	Why CDA?
	Access and Selection of Texts/Extracts
	Analysis Procedure
	Analysis of Selected Texts/Extracts
		Extract One: Article 38, Sub-Sections 1 and 2 of the 1992 Republican Constitution of Ghana (GOG 1992)
			Linguistic Analysis
			Interdiscursive Analysis
		Extract Two: Mission Statement for Education: Education Strategic Plan [ESP. Volume 1: 2003 to 2015] (Ministry of Education, May 2003)
			Linguistic/Textual Analysis
			Interdiscursive Analysis
		Extract Three: Government’s White Paper on the Report  of the Education Reform Review Committee (GOG 2005: 9-10)
			Linguistic Analysis
			Interdiscursive Analysis
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
	Appendix: Extracts/Texts Selected for Analysis
		Extract One: Chapter 6, Article 38, Section 1 and 2 of the 1992 Constitution of the Fourth Republic of Ghana (GOG 1992)
		Extract Two: Mission Statement for Education: Education Strategic Plan (ESP. Volume 1: 7) 2003 to 2015 (Ministry of Education, May, 2003)
			Mission Statement for Education
			Goals for the Education Sector
		Extract Three: Government’s White Paper on the Report  of the Education Reform Review Committee (GOG 2005: 9-10)
			The Future Direction of Education in Ghana
Chapter 3
Prediscourses as a Discourse Analytical Tool: Tracing Specters  of Marx in Estonian Media Discourse
	Abstract
	Introduction
	Linguistic Materialism in the Study  of Ideology: Pêcheux’s Interdiscourse
	Linguistic Materialism in the Study of Sociocultural Memory: Paveau’s Prediscourses
	‘Marx’ in Estonian Print Media
		Our Corpus
	Discussion: Marx as a (Problematic) Father
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 4
Translating the Discourse Markers ‘wa’ and ‘and’ between Modern Standard Arabic and Present  Day English
	Abstract
	1. Introduction
		1.1. Preface
		1.2. Goals
		1.3. Contrastive Discourse Analysis:  Redefinition of Major Paradigms
			1.3.1. Contrastive Rhetoric and the Functions of Markers in English  and Arabic
	2. Method
		2.1. Study Design
		2.2. Corpus of the Study
		2.3. Framework of Data Analysis
	3. Results and Discussion
		3.1. Results of the Arabic Corpus
		3.2. Results of the English Corpus
	Conclusion
		A Summary of Findings
	References
	Biographical Sketches
Chapter 5
Critical Discourse Analysis in Consumer Studies: Potentialities  and Research Agenda
	Abstract
	Introduction
	Theoretical Perspectives
		The Discursive Construction of Reality
		Discourse Analysis and Its Various Aspects
		Critical Discourse Analysis
		The Field of Consumption Studies
		The Articulations of Consumer Studies with Critical  Discourse Analysis
	Conclusion
	References
	Biographical Sketches
Index
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