A new agenda in (critical) discourse analysis
Subtitle: theory, methodology and interdisciplinarity
By: edited by Ruth Wodak, Paul Chilton
Series: Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture -- v. 13
Publisher: J. Benjamins Pub. Co.; Benjamins Publishing Company, John
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9789027292322
Subjects: Interdisciplinary research; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; REFERENCE; Discourse analysis; Vocabulary
Description: Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) has established itself over the past two decades as an area of academic activity in which scholars and students from many different disciplines are involved. It is a field that draws on social theory and aspects of linguistics in order to understand and challenge the discourses of our day. It is time for A New Agenda in the field. The present book is essential for anyone working broadly in the field of discourse analysis in the social sciences. The book includes often critical re-assessments of CDA's assumptions and methods, while proposing new route-maps for.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: A New Agenda in (Critical) Discourse Analysis; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; I. Interdisciplinarity and (C)DA; Three models of interdisciplinarity; Missing links in mainstream CDA; Critical discourse analysis in transdisciplinary research; Contextual knowledge management in discourse production; Lighting the stove; II. Implementing interdisciplinarity; Analyzing European Union discourses; 'European identity wanted!'; Deliberation or 'mainstreaming'?; "It is not sufficient to have a moral basis, it has to be democratic too''