first, fairclough has considered the concrete texts in a linguistic position, then identified discourses which is based on the text and finally describe their dependency to micro social theories. his purpose has been to aware consumer of media texts in critical language. every text leads readers towards an understanding of certain facts. the main concern of fairclough has been the identificatio...

the foundation of most intellectual discourse is western-centric to the exclusion of other views. this includes ideal patterns of social interaction, preference for aesthetic, accepted norms and values, and the concepts of dignity, respectability, morality and ethics. such a position is culturally myopic. western cultural influence colors all of them including moral precepts. the assumption is ...

The foundation of most intellectual discourse is Western-centric to the exclusion of other views. This includes ideal patterns of social interaction, preference for aesthetic, accepted norms and values, and the concepts of dignity, respectability, morality and ethics. Such a position is culturally myopic. Western cultural influence colors all of them including moral precepts. The assumption is ...

this study sought to investigate identity construction in english language learners using critical discourse analysis (cda). to that end, a number of western cultural points extracted from interchange series were integrated into a questionnaire, asking learners to display their own feelings, behaviors, actions and reactions to the points raised. the questionnaire-generated data coupled with int...

Critical pedagogy (CP) empowers L2 learners to have a voice in the classroom and in the society. This study was an attempt to investigate whether the current classroom discourse  in  Iran  can  endow  the  L2  learners with  a  critical  awareness  to  actively transform their learning processes and creatively engage in collaborative dialogues to construct new knowledge. To this end, the discou...

in critical analysis, different aspects of an issue will be analyzed from point of view of current discourse of society. the objective of this paper, is to critically analyze the economic goals of development plans (pre and post revaluation). in this respect, many papers and research report has been considered and the results show that critical discourse have paid attention to plans and its eco...

this study explains the formation of islamist discourse in turkey and its impact on its foreign policy (with an emphasis on justice and development party -akp). the findings which are based on discourse analysis of ernesto laclau and chantal mouffe, indicate that the islam-minded modern turkey actors (in akp) could weaken one of the main aspects of kemalist ideology in a democratic and peaceful...

Using a critical discourse analytic model of translation criticism, the present study attempts to explore the effect of ideology and idiosyncrasy on the lexical choices in translation studies. The study employed a descriptive approach to answer two research questions: Is there any relationship between ideology and idiosyncratic features of translators' lexical choices? And if yes, can it be ana...