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Exposure Is Not Indictment: Reassessing Critical Discourse Analysis
In this segment, language philosopher Bry Willis evaluates the relationship between his own philosophical corpus and Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis. While Willis adopts certain linguistic tools from Fairclough to explain how institutions use power when language fails, he ultimately challenges the idea that such power is a moral distortion. He argues that linguistic features like nominalisation do not merely hide responsibility but can actively manufacture it, serving as a functional necessity in a divided society. The text highlights a significant divergence regarding human…
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