On Cognitive Critical Discourse Analysis: A Synthesis of Critical Discourse Analysis and Cognitive Linguistics

Background. This article examines the complementarity and potential for innovative synthesis of critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistics through a literature review. Given the longstanding issue of the lack of cognitive explanation in critical discourse analysis and the weakness of the social dimension in cognitive linguistics, the study substantiates, based on scholars' reflections on the mutual theoretical challenges of both fields, how their deep synthesis through the triadic model of "cognition – discourse – society" can overcome the limitations of individual research paradigms. As a result, the theoretical advantage of cognitive critical discourse analysis in explaining the mechanisms of interaction between consciousness, language, and society is identified. Methods. The article uses the descriptive method (for the systematic analysis of studies devoted to critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistics) and the functional method (for the study of language in action, in the process of functioning in view of the purposeful nature of language units and phenomena); established methods of modeling functional-semantic fields, discourse analysis. Results. The article analyzed studies on critical discourse analysis, highlighted its arbitrary application of linguistic theory, noted that the reliance of critical discourse analysis on linguistics leads to insufficient explanations of the relationship between discourse production mechanisms and social factors. Additionally, examined cognitive linguistics research, revealed that inadequate attention to social factors necessitates their inclusion in cognitive linguistic studies. Furthermore, the study discussed the openness of theories and corresponding shortcomings in both CDA and cognitive linguistics research, confirmed the advisability and necessity of their deep synthesis, reviewed attempted at such integration, indicatied that synthesizing these two approaches can provide broader research perspectives and analytical frameworks. Conclusions. Critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistics have a solid foundation and broad prospects for synthesis, and existing research confirms its feasibility and advantages. Further synthesis of these two approaches can create broader opportunities for a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between discourse production mechanisms and social factors, as well as a deeper explanation of the mechanisms of meaning construction at both the cognitive and social levels.