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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by The JPS (talk | contribs) at 14:40, 26 May 2006 (→CDA and Discourse Analysis: reply). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Merger

On 23 January 2006, Lapaz proposed a merger between this article and Discourse.

  • Oppose - Critical discourse analysis should not be merged into Discourse. The concepts are too complex for this. Discourse, especially, can be used and implemented in such a number of ways that this article can become huge if related concepts were moved into it. Both articles are manageable sizes, with sufficient content to justify seperate articles. CDA should not even be merged into discourse analysis. The JPS 22:12, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • I have left the following on the person who proposed the merger's talk page:
You have proposed a merger between discourse and critical discourse analysis. Could you please show some wikiquette by providing a reason for your proposal. The JPS 22:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - I agree. The terms are not at all interchangeable and neither term has a single definition. Phil Graham
  • Opposing Merger - Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is a complex theory and model that has interpretations of texts and languages that go beyond the study of discourse analysis, and exceed the scope of many schools of thought on the interpretation of discourse.

    CDA should remain independant from Discourse Analysis (DA) due to its innovative and complex nature. Whilst similar, the studies achieve different results when applied, and thus CDA and DA should remain apart, and more people should focus on the addition of Critical Linguistics (CL) as a conterpoint to CDA and as a resource for those interested in Discourse Analysis. The combination of CDA, DA, and CL would improve the understanding of the masses and no one would have even suggested such a merger be allowed.

    Adam Moreland

CDA and Discourse Analysis

What exactly diferentiates CDA from plain and simple DA? I think the article should make the distinction clear. 201.37.176.252 14:14, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the article needs developing. CDA is politically motivated, intending to expose power relations. The JPStalk to me 14:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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