Methods for Critical Discourse Analysis
- Ruth Wodak - University of Lancaster, UK
- Michael Meyer - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
This new edition has been updated throughout, with a new introduction contextualizing the development of the CDA approach, and two entirely new chapters on the 'social actor approach' to CDA and the use of quantitative corpus linguistic methods. The editors have brought together contributions from leading experts in the field, who each introduce their own approaches to CDA. Examples are included throughout, demonstrating the value of the method in analyzing a variety of genres of written material on a whole range of topics, including global warming, leadership in management, and globalization.
This book will be of great interest to students and researchers in linguistics, sociology and psychology interested in interdisciplinary approaches to coping with topical social problems.
The greatest value of Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis is its ability to present CDA in a concise and introductory way. In this volume, readers will find a fair presentation of CDA’s agenda, shared goals and the diversity which characterizes this field of research. It is recommended reading for CDA beginners, for those researchers from different fields of humanities or social political fields who want to get a fix on the school so they know what they will adhere to if they choose to adopt a CDA perspective in their research, as well as for experienced CDA researchers, always interested in the latest developments of this ever evolving and exciting school
Discourse Studies
This book provides an excellent introduction into some of the main approaches to Critical Discourse Analysis and shows the variety in the field. It has been requested for order at our university library for our MA students.
A very nice text that covers all the fundamental areas in Critical Discourse Analysis and discourse research more broadly. The utility of the book is enhanced by its accessible language and useful examples used to illustrate the practicality of some of the approaches to CDA treated in the text.
This book offers a collection of essays on history, theory and method of CDA from established writers in the field with lists of additional resources signposting directions for future reading. As would be expected given the topic, there are many alternative ways of interpreting CDA but I would recommend this book to anyone interested in starting or re-visiting the subject either for personal interest, for teaching or to support their own research project.
It is very useful and informative book for those doing research in social sciences and wanting to explore further the field of discourse analysis. It addresses the contemporary issues in the filed and provides a good theoretical to frame research in this field.
Sound introduction to this area of analysis.
The big names of discourse studies assembled in one reasonable-sized book! It won't be hard to convince my students to take parts of this book for their further research and I highly recommend to them to have a look into the different chapters of this book before starting their research on discourses about gender and feminism in Eastern Europe!
provides a grounded intro into the topic I teach in my course and is used for applied analyses of qualitative interviews
This is a nice book for our students as introduction to CDA.
An excellent book which has been added to the essential reading list for those using discourse analysis in their research.
This new edition has been updated throughout, with a new introduction contextualizing the development of the CDA approach, and two entirely new chapters on the 'social actor approach' to CDA and the use of quantitative corpus linguistic methods.