TY - JOUR

T1 - Vzaimosvyaz' diskurs - obshchestvo: kognitivnyj podhod k kriticheskomu diskurs-analizu.

AU - Wodak, Ruth

N1 - A Translation of Wodak, R. 'Mediation between Discourse and Society: Assessing Cognitive Approaches in CDA'. In: Discourse Studies 8:1, 2006: 179-190.

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

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.

M3 - Journal article

VL - 19

SP - 107

EP - 116

JO - The Proceedings of Ural State Pedagogical University.

JF - The Proceedings of Ural State Pedagogical University.

ER -