scholarly journals Translation and Discourse Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
Christina Schäffner
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Cultural Boundaries

This paper will illustrate how discourse analysis had been incorporated in Translation Studies. Discourse Analysis originated in Applied Linguistics and refers to the investigation of language in use. Depending on whether the term ‘discourse’ is understood in a narrower or a wider sense, discourse analysis aims at examining the structure and the function of lan­guage in various contexts and/or at revealing patterns of belief and habitual action, as well as social roles and power relations (Critical Discourse Analysis). Since translation can be char­acterised as an act of communication across linguistic and cultural boundaries, with source text and target text representing language in use, concepts and methods of discourse analysis have been found useful for Translation Studies. The paper will provide some examples of such research.

Linking critical discourse analysis with translation studies

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bandar Al-Hejin
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Saudi Women ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Arabic And English ◽  
Discursive Representations

This paper argues for closer interdisciplinarity between critical discourse analysis (CDA) and translation studies (TS). There has been very little CDA investigating discursive representations by news organisations across linguistic, political and cultural boundaries. Similarly researchers in TS have pointed out that the sensitive role news translation plays in discursive phenomena such as globalisation and political discourse remains largely underestimated. To address this gap, three methodological models are proposed for linking the dialectical-relational approach to CDA (Fairclough 1992, 1995, 2003) with text-based approaches in TS. A mini-case study will illustrate such links by analysing talks by Saudi women translated by BBC News into Standard Arabic and English. Findings reveal substantial transformations which cannot be dismissed as inevitable constraints of the news genre or translation, but are more likely to reflect prevailing narratives of Muslim women being ‘submissive’ and ‘oppressed’.

A critical, comparative analysis of the LMS review : technological change, power relations, and discourse

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jenna Kammer
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Management System ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Shared Governance ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Land Grant ◽  
Land Grant Universities ◽  
The University

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Technology in universities is constantly changing. Universities often use models of shared governance to make decisions about what these changes should be. However, existing relations of power may play a role in the discourse created during events of technological change. This study looks at power embedded in discussions about technology. It investigates power relations as evident in the discourse created by several public, land-grant universities who participated in selecting a new learning management system (LMS) for the university. Using critical discourse analysis, language from websites, correspondence, open forums and vendor meetings are analyzed from four different land-grant universities for evidence of existing power relations. Keywords: Technological change, shared governance, power relations, critical discourse analysis, learning management system

scholarly journals CRITICAL COMMENT ON CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS : CONCEPTION OF HISTORY

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUMINTANG
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Social Study ◽  
Critical Comment ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Recent Criticism ◽  
Social Commitment ◽  
New School ◽  
Language Studies

Abstract This paper presents a research of critical discourse analysis (critical discourse analysis / CDA), a new school of discourse analysis that examines power relations and inequality in the language. CDA explicitly aims to incorporate the theoretical-social study into discourse analysis and encourage social commitment and interventionism into research. The main programmatic features and aspects of the CDA study are discussed, with an emphasis on efforts towards theorizing by one of Leading academics CDA, Norman Fairclough. Other parts of reviewing the origins and development of disciplines CDA, also mentioned some recent criticism appeared and put the CDA on the broader picture of a new critical paradigm that evolved in a number of (sub) discipline-oriented language. In this critical paradigm, topics such as ideology, inequality, and power are the main issues, and many academics are productively seeking to incorporate theoretical-social study into language studies.

scholarly journals Discourse and Power Relations: A Critical Discourse Analysis of a Pakistani Talk Show

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-40
Author(s):  
Nayab Iqbal ◽  
Kaukab Abid Azhar ◽  
Zubair Ahmed Shah
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Talk Shows ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Talk Show ◽  
Turn Taking ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
The One

The paper aims at studying the ways power and inequality are enacted in a Pakistani talk show aired on Capital TV on 14th August 2019. The research primarily focused on analyzing turn-taking patterns of the discussion held between the host of the program and three guests. The analysis revealed the unequal distribution of turns implying the unequal distribution of power between the host and guests as well as between the guests. The host of the program through her discourse asserted power as she was the one to control the topic of discussion throughout the program. Her power can be attributed to the power of media. Besides, one of the guest speakers, Jawwad asserted his power through his knowledge. The female speaker did not have enough representation and was not given enough chance to share her views, therefore, it can be concluded that gender was another element that played an important part in forming the power relations in the discussion that was observed.Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Discourse Power Relations, Media Discourse and Talk Shows, Turn-taking

scholarly journals A Critical Discourse Analysis of Radi’s Dramas From behind the Windows and Hamlet with Season Salad Based on Van Leeuwen’s Framework "Representing Social Actions"

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-119
Author(s):  
Alireza Khormaee ◽  
Rayeheh Sattarinezhad
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Different representations of social actions create distinct types of discourses. Applying van Leeuwen’s 'Social Actions' framework (2008), the present study critically analyzes the power relations between the main characters of Radi’s dramas From behind the Windows and Hamlet with Season Salad. The objective of our study is to account for the differences between the discourse of the dominant and the discourse of the dominated. In order to elucidate such differences we count and analyze the characters’ social (re)actions and, in turn, identify four types of contrasts: cognitive vs. affective and perceptive reactions; material vs. semiotic actions; transactive vs. non-transactive actions; interactive vs. instrumental actions. Two opposing discourses emerge from these contrasts. On the one hand, the dominant characters mostly react cognitively and their actions are often semiotic, transactive, and interactive. On the other hand, the dominated characters’ reactions are often affective and perceptive, while most of their actions are material, non-transactive, and instrumental. As the results show, the author’s linguistic choices underscore the power relations between the dominant and the dominated characters. Building upon the fact that our analysis sheds light on the underlying ideologies and intentions of the author, we tentatively conclude that despite its being predominantly employed in the analysis of political discourses, van Leeuwen’s framework also proves effective in the critical analysis of literary works.

scholarly journals Systemic Functional Linguistics as appliable linguistics: social accountability and critical approaches

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (spe) ◽  
pp. 435-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
General Category ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Critical Approaches ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work First

This article is concerned with the relationship between Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), and with SFL as a resource for socially accountable academic work. First it locates SFL within the general category of appliable linguistics (as opposed to either theoretical or applied linguistics), an approach to the study of language that is also designed to be socially accountable. Then, against the background of SFL, it traces the development first of Critical Linguistics and then of CDA, also identifying other influences incorporated within these traditions. Next, it compares CDA with other orientations within discourse analysis from the perspective of SFL, and proposes the notion of appliable discourse analysis (ADA). This leads to an overview of the dimensions of ADA, and finally to the question of the place of ADA within a general appliable linguistics.

Rigorous and Relevant – introducing a critical discourse analysis to the relevance debate

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-215
Author(s):  
Izabelle Bäckström ◽  
Kajsa Ahlgren
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Power ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
New Perspective

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the notion of “relevance” is produced, distributed and consumed in the field of management research by applying a critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a theoretical lens. A CDA perspective offers a way to scrutinize the power relations that emerge with journal rankings and how these influence how the relevance discourse develops. Design/methodology/approach This paper illustrates how a CDA perspective can be fruitfully applied to the relevance literature, exemplifying such an application with two illustrative texts. The texts represent two distinct cases; one is a fictive story informally distributed among scholars, and the other is an extract of a published review on the relevance debate. Findings A CDA lens sheds light on how academic power relations are maintained in the production, distribution and consumption of the “relevance” notion. It shows the importance of individual awareness among management researchers of how the discourse is shaped. Research limitations/implications To increase the generalizability of the study, a CDA lens could be applied to a larger amount of texts in the relevance literature. The findings imply that the relevance literature would benefit from contributions bridging the gap between rigor and relevance, and questioning how power relations are maintained. Originality/value CDA adds a new perspective to the relevance debate, revealing how academic power relations are maintained with management scholars’ adherence to journal norms and the implications of this act.

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