'Analyzing Racism Through Discourse Analysis'

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Generally, the term “discourse” is used to signify a concrete communicative event and particularly it is known to mean a written or oral method of verbal interaction or language use. There are numerous forms of discourses that are also analyzed in various ways relying on common approaches. According to Teun A. van Dijk in his article "Analyzing Racism Through Discourse Analysis" analyses racism with the different structure of discourse and describes the function of discourse about racism. Through the article, the author points out methodological conclusions from the research. The author states that discourse is significant in the humanities studies and it is also important in the social science. There is an important discursive dimension

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