摘要：Discourse analysis is the name of a number of different approaches to the text or some other empirical material analysis developed from various theoretical traditions or disciplines. Discourse analysis is not unique; various styles of analyzing are represented within this discipline. One thing common to all the types of discourse analysis is that they all reject the realistic understanding of language as a simple, neutral medium of word description; rather discourse analysis is one of central elements in the construction of social reality. This paper examines a type of discourse analysis which has considerably affected fields like scientific sociology, communication science, media research, social pathology, political science and social work.
关键词：discourse analysis; media discourse; post structuralism; postmodern; deconstruction; constructivism (linguistics)
