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Gee, Austin

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“…Fairclough (1995), who coined CDA, defines it as establishing connection between the properties of texts, features of discourse practice (text production, consumption and distribution), and wider sociocultural practice. In addition to linguistic discourses, such as facts about grammar and the way different grammatical structures function in different uses, CDA also focuses on a critical use of language in contentious issues of politically, socially and culturally oriented actions (Gee and Handford 2012). Fairclough (2012) says that CDA is critical and normative as well as explanatory because it not only describes the realities, but also establishes, explains and evaluates them as the effects of social structures (e. g. inequalities in wealth, income, and access to various social goods).…”

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Discourse Analysis as a Means to Scrutinize REDD+: An Issue of Current Forest Management Debate of Nepal

Poudel

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2016

J. Forest & Livelihood

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This article shows how discourse analysis can be a methodological tool to scrutinize texts under the aegis of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, sustainable management of forest, and conservation and enhancement of carbon (REDD+). A discourse is a perspective of an individual or an organization, which always tries to achieve a dominant position in the society. Texts used in discourses are impossible to understand properly in isolation. They are the reflections of social practices. Discourses, which contain multiple meanings, are also used as devices to make texts meaningful in regular communication. Analysis of discourses is called discourse analysis. Laclau and Mouffe (1985) believe that social structures (norms, rules and institutions) are created by pre-existing discourses of society, thereby we humans conceive objective reality according to the existing discourses. Alternatively, Fairclough (1995) believes that discourses not only reflect social structure but are also bounded by them. Both perspectives have been used as methodologies to analyse discourses, nonetheless Fairclough's discourse analysis is more pragmatic than Laclau and Mouffee's. The term 'REDD+' implies a discourse about forming new forestry institution in developing countries like Nepal, which is articulated in the name of mitigating deteriorating climate of the world. We suggest combining both perspectives to scrutinize the issue like REDD+. We found that discourse analysis is a suitable method to scrutinize REDD+ in the Nepalese context where people consider forest as a vital source of earning livelihoods and the foundation of sustaining local environment.

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