discourse analysis

American  

noun

Linguistics.

1. the study of the rules or patterns characterizing units of connected speech or writing longer than a sentence.

2. the study of the rules governing appropriate language use in communicative situations.

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Example Sentences

The title, “The Magical Language of Others,” comes from an idea in discourse analysis: that we can never truly understand one another because of all the networks and meanings that belong to anything you say.

From Seattle Times

DiAngelo, a professor at the University of Washington who specializes in whiteness studies and critical discourse analysis, first introduced the concept of white fragility to an academic audience in a 2011 article published in the International Journal of Critical Pedagogy.

From Slate

DiAngelo received her doctorate in multicultural education from the University of Washington, was a tenured professor in that subject at Westfield State University and focused her research on Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, “explicating how Whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives,” according to her bio.

From Seattle Times

Discourse analysis teaches us that ideas are the magmatic force of public life, rumbling beneath the feet of the mighty, shaping their actions and the popular response.

From The Guardian

In the language of political discourse analysis, greatness and strength are both examples of a frame: a guiding metaphor or image for a political argument.

From The Guardian