CDA BASICS
What Does CDA Study?
How language is connected to power, ideology, and social inequality
What is discourse?
A whole way of talking, arguing, and framing a topic
What is Wodak's main approach called?
The discourse-historical approach
What does CDA show about social inequalities?
That discourse helps reproduce social inequalities (e.g., racism, sexism, nationalism)
Why does context matter in CDA?
Because social, political, and historical background is essential to interpret meaning
What is the first step in a Wodak-style CDA?
Pick a text or set of texts
What kind of analysis does CDA aim to make?
Analysis that is both linguistic and political
What are topoi?
Recurring arguments used to justify things
What is the final step in a Woda-style CDA?
Conclude and ask what power relations are reproduced or challenged
What two things are connected in CDA?
Language and power/ideology
Nominalization, passive voice, vaugueness, metaphors, or topoi
What does Wodak combine in her approach?
Language analysis with historical and social context