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What is critical discourse analysis?: Ruth Wodak in conversation with Gavin Kendall

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Article number29
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>05/2007
<mark>Journal</mark>Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung
Issue number2
Volume8
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

In this interview, Ruth WODAK discusses the beginnings of her career, and what propelled her into critical discourse analysis. She analyses what makes critical discourse analysis "critical", distinguishes criticalness from dogmatism, but expounds upon the relationship between critique and norms. Finally, she discusses how "integrative indisciplinarity" might help us with problems of disciplinary incommensurability.