Which of the Following Is Not a Goal of Discourse

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a goal of discourse analysis?

A) To show how language is used actively and creatively by participants to achieve complex social goals.
B) To show that an understanding of how social goals are achieved is impossible without detailed analysis of discourse.
C) To critique psychological (and other) research that treats language as a uniform, neutral and literal conduit for the transmission of information.
D) Both (a) and (b) .
E) All of the above.