Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis

Teun A. Van Dijk
Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis

This paper discusses some principles, aims and criteria of a critical discourse analysis (CDA). It tries to answer (critical) questions such as ‘What is critical discourse analysis (anyway)?’, ‘How is it different from other types of discourse analysis?’, ‘What are its aims, special methods, and especially what is its theoretical foundation?’ Also, it acknowledges the need to examine, in rather practical terms, how one goes about doing a critical analysis of text and talk.