Fairclough's Model

Professor Norman Fairclough, professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University, is just one of the founders of the critical discourse analysis theory or the Fairclough Model. The Critical Discourse Analysis was created to analyze how power is displayed through language; this may include the uses of; texts, talk, video, and other ways of communication. Fairclough’s analytical model is designed as a three-tier model; the text, the discursive practice, and the sociocultural practice.  According to the text by academia.edu, “It is a spoken or written text (the text), it is an instance of discourse practice involving the production and interpretation of texts (discursive practice), and it is a part of social practice (sociocultural practice).” (Mirazaee and Hamidi, 2012,  187-188) The text aspect of the model discusses the study of language structures in a discursive event. When discussing the discursive practices, the model puts emphasis on paying attention to examining the production, consumption, and reproduction of the texts. The third tier of the model introduces the analysis of sociocultural practice consists of an investigation of what happens in a particular socio-cultural pieces of work.

Hamidi, Hadi. "Critical Discourse Analysis." Fairclough's Model. N.p., Oct. 2012. Web.