ABSTRACT

This paper contributes to the development of a critical realist approach to discourse analysis by combining aspects of ‘critical discourse analysis’ (CDA) and ‘the morphogenetic/morphostatic approach’ (M/M). Unlike poststructuralist discourse theory, CDA insists on the maintenance of two distinctions: (i) between discourse and other aspects of social reality; (ii) between structure and agency. However, CDA lacks clarity on these distinctions. M/M, on the other hand, offers a coherent modelling of these distinctions that can underpin the application of CDA. The paper begins by introducing CDA, M/M and the existing literature on critical realist discourse analysis. It then establishes the M/M model of social change within CDA’s existing social theory by focusing on ‘analytical dualism’ and ‘social practice’. Finally, the paper locates the concept of discourse within M/M’s model of social change by theorizing discourse as one of four objective structures of meaning.

摘要

本文通过结合“批判性话语分析”（CDA）和“形态发生/静态方法”（M / M）的各个方面，为批评性现实主义方法的发展做出了贡献。与后结构主义话语理论不同，CDA坚持维护两个区别：（i）话语与社会现实的其他方面之间的区别；（ii）结构与代理之间。但是，CDA在这些区别上缺乏明确性。另一方面，M / M提供了对这些区别的一致建模，可以为CDA的应用奠定基础。本文首先介绍CDA，M / M和有关批判现实主义话语分析的现有文献。然后，通过关注“分析二元论”和“社会实践”，在CDA现有的社会理论中建立社会变革的M / M模型。最后，