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

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.

Interdiscursive analysis

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.

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1. Examination of the linguistic features of the text
2. Exploration of processes related to the production and consumption of texts (discursive practices)
3. Consideration of the wider social and cultural context to which the text as a “communicative evident” belongs (sociocultural practices)

Fairclough's Three Dimensional Model of CDA

The CDA shows a focus on the use of metaphor in text, particularly the framing of the PAIPDI as the "turning point" in Portugese policy through the use of a new definition of disabilities and vocabularies as such. Uses of terms such as "innovative," "radical," and "reorientation," emphasize this "paradigm shift." Emphatic terms also show a administrative commitment to the plan's promises.

PAIPDI: Texture of the Text

PAIPDI: Discursive Practice

While discursive practices reveal the use of discourse within the text, sociocultural practices reveal the power dynamics behind the establishment of the PAIPDI and the implications on the disabled population. 

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