Editing Discourse analysis (section)

==Topics of interest==
Topics of discourse analysis include:<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Handbook of Discourse Analysis |last=Van Dijk |first=Teun |date=2005-01-01 |publisher=Blackwell Publishers Ltd |isbn=978-0-470-75346-0 |editor-last=Schiffrin |editor-first=Deborah |location=Malden, Massachusetts, USA |pages=352–371 |chapter=Critical discourse analysis |doi=10.1002/9780470753460 |editor-last2=Tannen |editor-first2=Deborah |editor-last3=Hamilton |editor-first3=Heidi E.}}</ref>
* The various levels or dimensions of discourse, such as sounds ([[Intonation (linguistics)|intonation]], etc.), [[gestures]], [[syntax]], the [[lexicon]], [[Stylistics (linguistics)|style]], [[rhetoric]], [[Meaning (linguistic)|meanings]], [[speech acts]], moves, [[strategies]], turns, and other aspects of [[Social interaction|interaction]]
*[[Genres]] of discourse (various types of discourse in politics, the media, education, science, business, etc.)
*The relations between discourse and the [[Emergent grammar|emergence of syntactic structure]]
*The relations between text (discourse) and [[Context (language use)|context]]
*The relations between discourse and [[Power (sociology)|power]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sutanto |first1=Haryo |last2=Purbaningrum |first2=Dwi |title=Representation of Power and Ideology on Jokowi's Speech |date=2022-12-29 |url=https://journal.moestopo.ac.id/index.php/wacana/article/view/2143 |journal=WACANA: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Komunikasi |language=en |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=238–251 |doi=10.32509/wacana.v21i2.2143 |s2cid=255654982 |issn=2598-7402|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*The relations between discourse and interaction
*The relations between discourse and [[cognition]] and [[memory]]
*[[Lexical density]]

===Political discourse===
{{See also|Public sphere|Social media use in politics}}
Political discourse is the text and talk of professional politicians or political institutions, such as presidents and prime ministers and other members of government, parliament or political parties, both at the local, national and international levels, includes both the speaker and the audience.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Kitaeva|first1=Elena|last2=Ozerova|first2=Olga|date=2019|chapter=Intertextuality in Political Discourse|url=http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/intertextuality-in-political-discourse/232154|access-date=2020-12-03|title=Language, Power, and Ideology in Political Writing: Emerging Research and Opportunities|series=Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies|pages=143–170|doi=10.4018/978-1-5225-9444-4.ch007|isbn=9781522594444|s2cid=197717211|language=en}}</ref>

Political discourse analysis is a field of discourse analysis which focuses on discourse in political forums (such as debates, speeches, and hearings) as the phenomenon of interest. [[Policy analysis]] requires discourse analysis to be effective from the [[post-positivist]] perspective.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Discourse and Education |date=2017 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-319-02242-0 |editor-last=Wortham |editor-first=Stanton |location=Cham |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-02243-7 |editor-last2=Kim |editor-first2=Deoksoon |editor-last3=May |editor-first3=Stephen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical Guide |last=Hult |first=F.M. |publisher=Wiley |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-118-33984-8 |editor-last=Hult |editor-first=F.M. |edition=First |location=Chichester, West Sussex |pages=217–31 |chapter=Making policy connections across scales using nexus analysis |oclc=905699853 |editor-last2=Johnson |editor-first2=D.C}}.</ref>

Political discourse is the formal exchange of reasoned views as to which of several alternative courses of action should be taken to solve a societal problem.<ref name="co-operation.org">{{Cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=David W. |last2=Johnson |first2=Roger T. |date=2000 |title=Civil political discourse in a democracy: The contribution of psychology |journal=Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=291–317 |doi=10.1207/S15327949PAC0604_01 |issn=1532-7949}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sutanto |first1=Haryo |last2=Purbaningrum |first2=Dwi |title=Representation of Power and Ideology on Jokowi's Speech |date=2022-12-29 |url=https://journal.moestopo.ac.id/index.php/wacana/article/view/2143 |journal=WACANA: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Komunikasi |language=en |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=238–251 |doi=10.32509/wacana.v21i2.2143 |s2cid=255654982 |issn=2598-7402|doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== Corporate discourse ===
Corporate discourse can be broadly defined as the language used by corporations. It encompasses a set of messages that a corporation sends out to the world  (the general public, the customers and other corporations) and the messages it uses to communicate within its own structures (the employees and other stakeholders).<ref>{{Cite book |title=Corporate Discourse |last=Breeze |first=Ruth |date=2013 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-4411-7753-7 |location=London |oclc=852898361}}</ref>