Comparar métodos

	Análisis del Discurso	Análisis Crítico del Discurso
Campo	Investigación cualitativa	Cualitativa
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Año de origen	1989 (Fairclough); 1987 (Potter & Wetherell)	Late 1970s–1990s (systematised ~1979–1995)
Autor original	Norman Fairclough; Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell	Norman Fairclough; Teun A. van Dijk; Ruth Wodak
Tipo	Method	Qualitative research method
Fuente seminal	Fairclough, N. (1989). Language and power. Longman.	Fairclough, N. (1992). Discourse and Social Change. Polity Press.
Alias	DA, Critical Discourse Analysis, Discursive Analysis	CDA, Critical Linguistics, Discourse-Historical Approach, Dialectical-Relational Analysis
Relacionados	2	6
Resumen	Discourse analysis is a qualitative research methodology that examines how language, communication, and power shape meaning, identity, and social reality. Developed across linguistics, sociology, and psychology (particularly by Norman Fairclough and Jonathan Potter), discourse analysis goes beyond content to analyze language use as a social practice that constitutes and reflects power relations, ideologies, and social structures.	Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is a qualitative method that examines how language in texts and talk constructs, sustains, and challenges relations of power, ideology, and social inequality. Drawing on linguistics, social theory, and critical philosophy, CDA treats discourse not merely as communication but as social practice — a site where dominance is reproduced and where resistance can be articulated. Developed in the late twentieth century by Norman Fairclough, Teun van Dijk, and Ruth Wodak, among others, CDA is applied to political speeches, media texts, policy documents, educational materials, and institutional interactions.