CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: THE REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL ACTORS IN SUMMIT SERIES

This study investigates the representation of social actors in Summit series from critical discourse analysis point of view. In order to do the analysis, van Leeuwen’s (1996, 2008) framework is used and the textbooks in question are textually analyzed with an emphasis on deletion, role allocation, and substitution. The findings of this study indicate that the social actors are represented differently with respect to some discursive features. Males are portrayed as more included, prominent, active, and independent social actors than females. Considering jobs, however, both genders are represented as having high-status and ordinary ones. All in all, a female subordination can be implicitly understood from the textbooks.