scholarly journals Use of Discourse Analysis in Various Disciplines

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Hina Manzoor ◽  
Sumera Saeed ◽  
Abdul Hameed Panhwar
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Systemic Review ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Media Politics

The language plays an important role in the exchange of information and communication of knowledge of society, history, culture, traditions, and customs. Linguists analyse various uses of language to determine its impact and role in various domains of society such as media, politics, journalism, reporting, advertisement, war, criticism, and other such areas. Discourse analysis is associated with the use of language in various forms of communication such as written, spoken or signs of language. It helps in analysing how people say things, its impact on the audience, and how it affects the society, or the way society influences language/communication. This study aims to provide a systemic review of literature from various domains to determine how previous researchers explored discourse and language use in the society. The result reveals a strong connection between discourse analysis and language that reflect social practices and issues.

scholarly journals VOICES AGAINST SOCIO-POLITICAL INEQUALITY IN CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huynh Anh Tuan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Language Practices ◽  
Political Inequality ◽  
Media Politics

This paper reviews critical discourse analysis (CDA) research in the fields of media, politics, racism and sexism discourse with voices raised against socio-political inequality, which is also one of the fundamental goals CDA has been attempting to attain. Literature review shows that CDA research describing and criticizing socio-political inequality through language use is enormous and so is its impact on individuals and groups as members of our conflicting society. CD analysts, using emancipatory discourse, can contest the maintenance and reproduction of domination and subordination patterns in society through language practices by raising people’s awareness of the asymmetrical relation of power.

A prova de língua portuguesa em concursos para docentes: um contrassenso? / Portuguese Language Exam inTeachers Contest: A Nonsense?

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Ondina Maria Da Silva Macedo ◽  
Eliane Marquez da Fonseca Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Language Use ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Dialogic Discourse ◽  
Federal Institute

Resumo: Este texto é um recorte da tese de doutorado e tem o objetivo de analisar o questionamento teórico sobre o conhecimento de língua portuguesa na construção de uma prova de Língua Portuguesa (LP) aplicada a candidatos no concurso para docente de sociologia do Instituto Federal de São Paulo (IFSP), em 2015. O embasamento teórico é a Análise Dialógica do Discurso com Bakhtin (2003, 2010) e Orlandi (2001, 2007). Questiona-se o caráter descritivo da prova voltada para aspectos formais, em detrimento da discussão dos sentidos possíveis de uso da língua, como preconizam os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCN) e a Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC). Esta pesquisa segue metodologia qualitativa, de cunho documental, partindo da materialidade dos enunciados da prova de LP, com olhar para as práticas sociais. É importante ressaltar que em 2018, três anos depois, o IFSP aplicou prova a candidatos com a mesma formação, ressignificando a avaliação de modo a não valorizar aspectos gramaticais apenas.Palavras-chave: enunciado; dialogismo; sentidos.Abstract: This text is an excerpt from the doctoral thesis and it aims to analyse the theoretical questionnaire about the knowledge of Portuguese language in the construction of a Portuguese Language (PL) exam applied to candidates in the contest for professor of sociology at the Federal Institute of São Paulo (IFSP, in Portuguese), in 2015. The theoretical basis is the Dialogic Discourse Analysis with Bakhtin (2003, 2010) and Orlandi (2001, 2007). It is questioned the descriptive character of the test, which was focused on formal aspects, at the expense of the discussion of the possible meanings of language use, as recommended by the National Curriculum Parameters (PCN, in Portuguese) and the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC, in Portuguese). This research follows qualitative methodology, a documentary nature, starting from the materiality of the statements of the PL test, with focus on social practices. It is important to emphasize that in 2018, three years later the previously mentioned contest, the IFSP applied tests to candidates with the same background, reframing the evaluation so as not to consider only grammatical aspects.Keywords: enunciated; dialogism; meanings.

A Report on COVID-19 Variants, COVID-19 Vaccines and the Impact of the Variants on the Efficacy of the Vaccines

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Halim
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Systemic Review ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Strains ◽  
The Impact

The Coronavirus pandemic has caused negative effects across the globe; mortality and morbidity being the main impact. After WHO, termed the disease a pandemic in March 2020, they gave in health guidelines to follow to control the spread of the disease. The health industry, academia, and different governments are united to develop and test various vaccines at an unprecedented speed to combat the pandemic fully and bring the world back to its feet. Some of the vaccines developed include Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca. However, just like other viruses, the SAR-CoV-2 virus keeps changing through mutation, as various variants, different from the first one are emerging. Evidence shows that the three new variants; UK, Brazil, and South Africa are more severe in terms of transmissibility, disease severity, evading of the immune response, and reducing the ability to neutralized antibodies, compared to the original coronavirus. With such knowledge of the existence of different strains, the arises concerns on whether the already available vaccines are effective enough in preventing the new COVID-19 strains. Studies are still underdeveloped to learn more on the virologic, epidemiologic, and clinical characteristics of the ever-emerging variants. This research, through a systemic review of literature, seeks to find out whether the variants of SAR-CoV-2 have an impact on the efficacy of various vaccines developed in fighting the disease and the entire body’s immune response.

Attitudinal stance towards the anti-extradition bill movement in China Daily and South China Morning Post

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuling Cao ◽  
Danqi Zhang ◽  
Qianjun Luo
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
South China ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
South China Morning ◽  
China Daily

Abstract Based on Appraisal Theory and critical discourse analysis, this corpus-assisted study examines how China Daily (CD) and South China Morning Post (SCMP) used appraisal resources to express their respective stances towards the anti-extradition bill movement. The results show that both newspapers employed negative resources of Judgement and the predication strategy to convey their stance, but SCMP seemed more refrained in the use of appraisal resources. CD openly stated that any illegal actions should be punished, and SCMP also criticised these actions. Besides, CD emphasized the consequences brought by violence and attributed the breakout of the protests to the opposition camp’s political intention for their own benefit, whereas SCMP highlighted Hong Kongers’ widespread opposition to the bill. These differences in language use and stance might be explained by the different press systems they respectively belong to and related to their respective historical and socio-political contexts.

Meminimalisir Ketidakstabilan Jadwal pada Industri Manufaktur di Era Revolusi Industri 4.0

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Rizqi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Production Scheduling ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Information And Communication

Ketidakstabilan kegiatan penjadwalan produksi adalah fenomena yang sulit dihindari, terutama pada industri yang beroperasional pada bidang manufaktur di era revolusi industri 4.0.Ketidakstabilan pada penjadwalan produksi dapat diminimalisir dengan cara implementasi teknologi informasi dan komunikasi, mekanisme kordinasi dan mekanisme berbagi informasi melalui pesanan.Instability in production scheduling activities is a phenomenon that is difficult to avoid, especially in industries that operate in the manufacturing sector in industrial revolution 4.0.Schedule instability is minimized by implementing information and communication technology, communication, and exchange of information through orders.

scholarly journals Your home, my refuge: being a refugee in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-233
Author(s):  
HÉLIO ARTHUR REIS IRIGARAY ◽  
RENATA ANDERSON ◽  
FLÁVIO VELLASQUEZ ◽  
FERNANDO FILARDI
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Hegemonic Discourse ◽  
Demographic Profiles ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
Textual Practices

Abstract The objective of this study was to reveal how refugees who live in Brazil perceive the macro-dynamics of the local society and how their response to them varies in accordance with their different psycho demographic profiles. We interviewed 24 refugees from different countries, genders, ages, and races. The interviews were taped, transcribed, and subjected to critical discourse analysis, resulting in three a priori categories: social, discursive, and textual practices. We found out that social practices did differ in terms of their countries of origin, gender, and race. The analysis of their discourses revealed three different places and roles: hero, victim, or faker. Finally, the textual analysis indicated the choice of words that subverted the hegemonic discourse of refugees, revealing resistance to the place refugees are relegated to in Brazilian society.

The interactional making of a “true transsexual”: Language and (dis)identification in trans-specific healthcare

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (256) ◽  
pp. 21-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Borba
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Identity Performance ◽  
Interactional Analysis ◽  
In Trans

Abstract Can the transsexual subject speak in their own terms? This is the question this article addresses. Grounded on a Foucauldian genealogical approach to discourse analysis and on Goffmanian-inspired interactional analysis, it investigates how knowledge systems that pathologise transsexuality as a mental disorder get gradually embodied (and spoken) in consultations at a Brazilian gender identity clinic. The analysis follows the interactional history a trans woman had with the clinic’s psychologist and traces the intertextual links that connect various consultations in time. This series of encounters constitutes a socialisation trajectory during which the trans client is led to speak a language that is not hers in order to frame an identity performance within the diagnostic criteria for the identification of “true transsexuals”. The article, thus, contributes to three areas for the study of transgender and language: (1) it investigates how transsexual people are led to speak a language that is not their own (the problems of agency and trans-autonomy); (2) it points to the centrality of studying how others speak to transsexual people – a gap identified by Don Kulick but which remains under-investigated; and (3) it highlights the importance of language use for the design of trans-positive and trans-affirmative healthcare practices.

scholarly journals An Explorative Model to Assess Individuals’ Phubbing Risk

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Guazzini ◽  
Mirko Duradoni ◽  
Ambra Capelli ◽  
Patrizia Meringolo
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Multidimensional Model ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Online Addiction ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

Phubbing could be defined as a new form of addiction; however, checking the phone and ignoring the speaker could also be linked to the increased availability of virtual social environments. We developed a multidimensional model for phubbing considering psychological dimensions and information and communication technology related habits. We collected data through online questionnaires and surveys. The best model obtained from our data was constituted by Information and Communication Technologies’ (ICTs) usage behaviours, Trait Anxiety, Virtual Sense of Community and Neuroticism. Finally, our study confirmed a strong connection between phubbing and online addiction behaviours.

Communicating in the Information Society

2008 ◽  
pp. 26-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Cantoni ◽  
Stefano Tardini
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

The present chapter provides a conceptual framework for the newest digital communication tools and for the practices they encourage, stressing the communication opportunities they offer and the limitations they impose. In this chapter, Internetbased communication technologies are regarded as the most recent step in the development of communication technologies. This approach helps have a broad perspective on the changes information and communication technologies (ICT) are bringing along in the social practices of so called knowledge society. As a matter of fact, these changes need to be considered within an “ecological” approach, that is, an approach that provides a very wide overview on the whole context (both in synchronic terms and in diachronic ones) where ICT are spreading. In the second part of the chapter, the authors present two examples of relevant social practices that are challenged by the most recent ICT, namely journalism (news market) and Internet search engines.

Rites of rivalry

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Bax
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Characteristic Feature ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Indirect Communication ◽  
Significant Issue ◽  
Primary Stage ◽  
Linguistic Communication ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Linguistic Strategies ◽  
Over Time

The indirect conveyance of functional meaning is a conspicuous and thoroughly studied characteristic of contemporary linguistic practice. Even so, in addition to seeming “something natural” indirect language use appears to be a universally spread phenomenon, and both factors may have caused students in the fields of pragmatics and discourse analysis to generally overlook the significant issue of whether or not indirectness was a characteristic feature of earlier forms of linguistic communication as well and, if such is the case, how in bygone eras non-literal meanings were imparted. The overall lack of historical and diachronic perspectives on indirect language use implies that there are to date no theories explaining its origin and development over time. In this article, I shall argue that currently prevailing modes such as conventional and inferential indirectness are historically speaking rather recent innovations, and that in pre-modern times indirect pragmatic meaning was established in a markedly different fashion. Taking the mediaeval pre-combat dialogue and some of its earlier manifestations as my focal material, I will try to establish that ritual interaction, more particularly the time-honoured altercation rite, marks a primary stage in the development of indirect communication. Considering the conceptual links between ritual behaviour and indirect language use, I will contend that oral ritual is a precursor of the now prevailing linguistic strategies for being indirect.

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