美国语言学家Labov的社会语言学和英国语言学家N.Fairclough的批评话语分析都以语言的变化为研究目标,两者在研究内容和方法等方面存在着相似和不同之处。文章通过对两者进行比较发现两者之间存在互补的空间,两种方法的取长补短可使语言变化的研究更科学、更完备。
Labov's social linguistics and Fairclough's critical discourse analysis all focus on the study of language change. The two approaches have both similarities and differences, and can complement with each other. The combination of the two can make the studies of language change more scientific and elaborate.