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TY - JOUR
T1 - Mediation between discourse and society: assessing cognitive approaches in CDA.
AU - Wodak, Ruth
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - While reviewing relevant recent research, it becomes apparent that cognitive approaches have been rejected and excluded from Critical Discourse Analysis by many scholars out of often unjustified reasons. This article argues, in contrast, that studies in CDA would gain significantly through integrating insights from socio-cognitive theories into their framework. Examples from my own research into the comprehension and comprehensibility of news broadcasts, Internet discussion boards as well as into discourse and discrimination illustrate this position. However, I also argue that there are salient limits to cognitive theories which have to be taken into account, specifically when proposing social change via rational/cognitive insights. Examples from recent political debates on immigration and from the election campaign in the US in 2004 serve to emphasize these arguments.
AB - While reviewing relevant recent research, it becomes apparent that cognitive approaches have been rejected and excluded from Critical Discourse Analysis by many scholars out of often unjustified reasons. This article argues, in contrast, that studies in CDA would gain significantly through integrating insights from socio-cognitive theories into their framework. Examples from my own research into the comprehension and comprehensibility of news broadcasts, Internet discussion boards as well as into discourse and discrimination illustrate this position. However, I also argue that there are salient limits to cognitive theories which have to be taken into account, specifically when proposing social change via rational/cognitive insights. Examples from recent political debates on immigration and from the election campaign in the US in 2004 serve to emphasize these arguments.
KW - comprehensibility • comprehension • discourse-historical approach • frame • prejudice • racist/anti-Semitic discourse
U2 - 10.1177/1461445606059566
DO - 10.1177/1461445606059566
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
SP - 179
EP - 190
JO - Discourse Studies
JF - Discourse Studies
SN - 1461-4456
IS - 1
ER -