tailieunhanh - Báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học: "Hệ tư tưởng của bản tuyên ngôn độc lập Mỹ"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học hay nhất của trường đại học vinh năm 2009 tác giả: 5. Trần Thị Thanh Hòa, Hệ tư tưởng của bản tuyên ngôn độc lập Mỹ. | T. T. T. HQA IDEQLQGy QF THE UNITED STATES DECLARATION TR. 40-47 IDEOLOGy OF THE UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TRAN THI THANH HQA a Abstract. Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 the United States Declaration of Independence is a famous discourse. In this paper an analysis of the United States Declaration of Independence in the light of Critical Discourse Analysis in terms of vocabulary and grammar is presented. Based on the findings of the analysis the writer s revolutionary ideology which is hidden within the discourse is revealed. In addition it is suggested that Critical Discourse Analysis can be used as a necessary theoretical basic and analytical tool for analyzing and understanding the intricateness of discourse. 1. Introduction Many language learners including English language ones usually find authentic discourse difficult to comprehend fully. This is because they fail to understand the author s aims and ideas. In other words they are unable to understand the ideology that is hidden within the discourse and that drives the discourse. Critical Discourse Analysis CDA with its new perspective can help the language learners in general and English language learners in particular to deal with that problem. To contribute further supporting evidence of the persuasive utility of CDA to authentic discourse as a case study the United States Declaration of Independence was analyzed in the light of cDa. 2. Defining CDA and Systemic -Functional Grammar SFG . What is meant by CDA The term Critical Discourse Analysis CDA is used to denote the theory formerly identified as Critical Linguistics CL . In the late 1970s CL was developed by a group of linguists . and literacy theorists at the University of East Anglia 6 . CL practionioners such as Trew 9 p. 155 aimed at isolating ideology in discourse . Since 1990s CDA has been further developed and broadened. Ruth Wodak writing in Language Power and Ideology 8 defines CDA as an interdisciplinary approach to .