Norman Fairclough

Norman Fairclough
Born (1941-04-03) 3 April 1941 (age 83)
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-disciplineCritical discourse analysis
Institutions


WebsiteFairclough on the website of Lancaster University

Norman Fairclough (/ˈfɛərklʌf/; born 3 April 1941) is an emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. He is one of the founders of critical discourse analysis (CDA) as applied to sociolinguistics. CDA is concerned with how power is exercised through language. CDA studies discourse; in CDA this includes texts, talk, video and practices.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Hesmondhalgh, D. "Discourse analysis and content analysis" (2006) In: Gillespie, M., and Toynbee, J. (eds) Analysing Media Texts. Maidenhead: Open University Press. p. 122
  2. ^ Wodak, R. (2001) "What CDA is about" In: Wodak, Ruth & Meyer, Michael (eds.) (2001) Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis. London: Sage.
  3. ^ Hutchby, Ian (2006) Media Talk, Open University Press