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What disciplines contributed to the emergence of discourse analysis?
Linguistics, semiotics, psychology, anthropology, and sociology
What is the main unifying factor in discourse analysis?
Description of language above the sentence and interest in contexts and cultural influences
Why is Discourse Analysis more appropriately labeled Discourse Studies?
It is not limited to a method of analysis and has important theoretical objectives
What role does Discourse Analysis play in Applied Linguistics?
Forms a backdrop to research in Applied Linguistics
Why is it appropriate to speak of Discourse Analysis as a 'cross-discipline' or even a 'trans-discipline'?
The study of discourse manifests itself in virtually all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences
Learn about the cross-disciplinary origins and development of discourse analysis, an interdisciplinary field that emerged from linguistics, semiotics, psychology, anthropology, and sociology in the 1960s and early 1970s. Explore its wide range of approaches and applications.
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