According to Chouliaraki and Fairclough, it is the type of language used in the performance of a particular social practice.

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The discursive practices latent in the PAIPDI reflect the link between the text and the sociocultural context and the relationship between the political and scientific approaches used to shift disability policy from a charity to human rights concern.

PAIPDI: Discursive Practice

Pinto, P. C. (2011). Between the lines: A critical discourse analysis of disability policy in Portugal. Disability Studies Quarterly, 31(3). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v31i3.1678 

Between the lines: A critical discourse analysis of disability policy in Portugal

CDA Definition of Genre

In this case, "order of discourse" is synonymous with a field (as in a network of interconnection such as the political field) and refers to a socially structured articulation of discursive practices including discourses and genres. It is described as a system and a practice that changes depending on the genre and differentiation of genres in given situations leading to changing practices in different fields.

Definition of Order of Discourse

The connection between text and sociocultural context are dependent on different orders of discourse. Interdiscursive analysis analysizes this connection by investigating how orders of discourse change within societies.

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