Editing Critical discourse analysis (section)

{{Short description|Interdisciplinary approach to study discourse}}
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'''Critical discourse analysis''' ('''CDA''') uncovers the hidden meanings embedded in texts and conversations. It analyses the way the language used reinforces power relationships, social hierarchies, and ideologies. <ref>https://researchmethod.net/discourse-analysis/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

CDA is an approach to the study of [[discourse]] that views language as a form of [[Social practice theory|social practice]]. CDA combines critique of discourse and explanation of how it figures within and contributes to the existing social reality, as a basis for action to change that existing reality in particular respects. [[Scholar]]s working in the tradition of CDA generally argue that (non-linguistic) social practice and linguistic practice constitute one another and focus on investigating how societal power relations are established and reinforced through language use.<ref name=Fairclough1>{{Cite book |title=Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language |last=Fairclough |first=Norman |author-link=Norman Fairclough |publisher=Longman |year=1995 |isbn=978-0582219847|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3djbAAAAQBAJ}}</ref> In this sense, it differs from [[discourse analysis]] in that it highlights issues of power asymmetries, manipulation, exploitation, and structural inequities in domains such as education, media, and politics.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Critical Discourse Analysis |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology |volume= 29|issue=1 |pages=447–466 |author1=Jan Blommaert |author2=Chris Bucean|date=2000|doi=10.1146/annurev.anthro.29.1.447 }}</ref>