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Discourse, Power and Ideology

Author: PengLi
Tutor: ZhangYingLin
School: Central China Normal University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) Media Discourse Power Ideology Systemic Functional Grammar
CLC: H0
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2004
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CDA is newly developed branch of linguistics, aimed at the relationship between the study of language, ideology and power. CDA believes that the use of a language given in the form of ideological content and the existence of power is usually not known. Based on critical linguistics critical discourse analysis such as news, political propaganda, government documents, regulations, interviews critical reading method, so as to expose the power and ideology of the dominant groups implied. Critical Discourse analysis of more than 30 years of development history. The basic theory origin is Western Marxism, the purpose is to expose the unequal power relations: systemic functional grammar analysis, discourse analysis and discourse genres intertwined historical background. Have focused on these three methods complement each other, they make a critical discourse analysis become an important complement to traditional social and cultural analysis, it becomes a form of social action, to promote the progress of human society. This article aims to discuss the concept of critical discourse analysis, principles and theoretical framework, and its actual use in news discourse. The thesis expounded the theory of this article. Include: critical discourse analysis theory, its history, principles, and domestic and foreign research status. The language in the complex relationship between the role in the political, economic and cultural, language, power and ideology, has long attracted the attention of the Western developed countries. Critical Discourse Analysis (Critical Discourse Analysis) to the rapid development since the advent of Fowler et al Language and Control (\Critical Discourse Analysis to surface forms of language, from the point of view of linguistics, sociology and psychology to reveal the relationship between language, power and ideology, the reaction of the discourse of ideology, and both are rooted in the social structure and power relations, and how to serve. Introduced on the history, principles and research status of critical discourse analysis, the article next to the introduction of the media discourse analysis theory. English as a global language, plays an important role in the world's scientific and technological progress, international economic development and cultural exchange. English as a medium of mass media increasingly permeating every aspect of social life, the world public opinion to English news daily influence and even manipulate people's ideology. In recent years, the media discourse in Critical Discourse Analysis by more and more attention the next media discourse analysis, focusing on visits in Critical Discourse Analysis Xin master's degree thesis MAST [R, S May at ESIS under the media discourse analysis. Then select the news reports - a representative of the media discourse genre as real material analysis in the second half of the article object. The third part discusses the theoretical framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, and specific analysis methods, this paper mainly used as analytical tools is the Fil available Musharraf (Fairclough) analysis methods and systemic functional grammar of Halliday (Halliday). Fil available Musharraf analysis methods mainly in three aspects, namely, text, discourse practice and social and cultural practices. Next the system function Ilalliday grammatical theory, the article pointed out, the theory of critical discourse analysis has important value is the main tool of critical discourse analysis. The Halliday think language has three main functions: the concept of function the (ideational funetion), interpersonal function the (interpersonal funetion) and chapter functions (textual fonetion). Introduces the concept of function of transitivity (transitivity), nominalization (nominalization), passive (passive voiee) as well as the lexical structure (lexieal strueture); the interpersonal function introduces modality (Modality) the relayed Discourse (diseourse, 申述). Next article specific analysis of the use of these methods and theories selected two groups of news reports, the main three is to reveal the implicit relationship in which power, ideology. Based on the above analysis and discussion, the article concluded, critical discourse analysis of the introduction is imminent. Cultivate critical reading of the readers and language learners awareness of language teaching is essential.

Discourse, Power and Ideology

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