In:Discourse and Identity Formation: Parliamentary debates in Bahrain
Lamya Alkooheji and Chitra Sinha
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 73] 2017
► pp. 39–68
Chapter 4Theoretical underpinnings
Published online: 15 December 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.73.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.73.c4
Article outline
- Introduction
- The concept of power
- Power, ideology and language
- Formation and evolution of identity
- The role of discourse
- Society and discourse: Critical discourse analysis as a methodological tool
- CDS as a perspective
- CDS and politics
- Interdisciplinarity in CDS
- Common dimensions of CDS approaches
- Features of CDS
- A critical perspective
- Intertextuality
- The triangle of society, cognition and discourse
- Sociocognitive Approach (SCA) as a methodological device
- Social cognition
- Context in SCA
- Criticisms of CDS
- SCA and theories of deliberative democracy
- Discursive categories in Bahrain parliamentary debates
- Key aspects of the analytical framework
- Focusing upon a social problem that has a semiotic aspect
- Identifying obstacles to the social problem being tackled
- Deciding if the social order “needs” this problem
- Identifying possible ways past the obstacles
- Reflecting on the analysis
