Publisher Description

CDS is a multifarious field constantly developing different methodological frameworks for analysing dynamically evolving aspects of language in a broad range of socio-political and institutional contexts. This volume is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary account of these theoretical and empirical developments. It presents an up-to-date survey of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS), covering both the theoretical landscape and the analytical territories that it extends over. It is intended for critical scholars and students who wish to keep abreast of the current state of the art.The book is divided into two parts. In the first part, the chapters are organised around different methodological perspectives for CDS (history, cognition, multimodality and corpora, among others). In the second part, the chapters are organised around particular discourse types and topics investigated in CDS, both traditionally (e.g. issues of racism and gender inequality) and only more recently (e.g. issues of health, public policy, and the environment).This is, altogether, an essential new reference work for all CDS practitioners.

Author Biography

Christopher Hart is Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Linguistics, Lancaster University, UKPiotr Cap is Professor of Linguistics, University of Lodz, Poland.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction - Christopher Hart and Piotr CapPART I Dimensions of DiscourseHistory2. Argumentation Analysis and the Discourse-Historical Approach. A Methodological Framework, Martin Reisigl3. Metaphor in the Discourse-Historical Approach, Andreas Musolff Argumentation4. Historia Magistra Vitae: The Topos of History as a Teacher in Public Struggles over Self- and Other-Representation, Bernard Forchtner5. It Is Easy To Miss Something You Are Not Looking For: A Pragmatic Account of Covert Communicative Influence for (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Steve OswaldSocial Cognition6. Discourse-Cognition-Society: Current State and Prospects of the Socio-Cognitive Approach to Discourse, Teun van Dijk7. Applying Social Cognition Research to Critical Discourse Studies: The Case of Collective Identities, Veronika KollerConceptualisation8. A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Language, Mind and Ideology, Christopher Hart9. Expanding CDS Methodology by Cognitive-Pragmatic Tools: Proximization Theory and Public Space Discourses, Piotr CapCorpora10. 'Bad Wigs And Screaming Mimis': Using Corpus-Assisted Techniques to Carry Out Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of Trans People in the British Press, Paul Baker11. Deconstructing Arguments via Text Mining of Their Online Discussion Forums: A Practical Digitally-Based Analysis, Kieran O'HalloranSound and Vision12. Critical Discourse Analysis and Multimodality, Theo van Leeuwen 13. Sound and Discourse: A Multimodal Approach to War Film Music, David MachinPART II Domains of DiscoursePolitical Discourse14. American Ways of Organizing the World: Designing the Global Future through U.S. National Security Policy, Patricia Dunmire15. 'Yes, We Can': The Social Life of a Political Slogan, Adam Hodges Media Discourse16. Media Discourse in Context, Anita Fetzer17. Media Discourse and De/Coloniality: A Post-Foundational Approach,Felicitas Macgilchrist European Union18. Discourse and Communication in the European Union: A Multi-Focus Perspective of Critical Discourse Studies, Michal Krzyzanowski19. The Discursive Technology of Europeans' Involvement: EU Culture and Community of Practice, Elena MagistroPublic Policy20. The Privatisation of the Public Realm: A Critical Perspective on Practice and Discourse, Gerlinde Mautner 21. Pushed out of School: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Policies and Practices of Educational Accountability, Rebecca RogersRace and Immigration 22. Immigration Discourses and Critical Discourse Analysis: Dynamics of World Events and Immigration Representations in the British Press, Majid KhosraviNik23. Race and Immigration in Far- and Extreme-Right European Political Leaflets, John Richardson and Monica ColomboHealth 24. Critical Studies of Health and Illness Discourses, Nelya Koteyko25. Public Health in the UK Media, Olivia Knapton and Gabriella RundbladEnvironment26. Ecolinguistics and Erasure, Arran Stibbe27. Values, Assumptions and Beliefs in British Newspaper Editorial Coverage of Climate Change, Cinzia BevitoriIndex

Review

Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies is a really important and timely addition to the literature in the field... the volume presents recent developments, of both a theoretical and methodological kind which have never yet been compiled in such a consistent, systematic and thoughtful way. This comprehensive volume finally makes the vast range of current approaches, ideas, and empirical research accessible for a broad social science public and addresses scholars and students alike. -- Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University, UK
The volume breaks new ground and offers the state of the art in Critical Discourse Studies. It is an essential reference for anyone interested in the current developments of the field both in terms of the diversity of frameworks and existing and newer domains of inquiry. Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies is testament of the continued and expanding relevance of critical discourse research in our world today. -- Michelle M. Lazar, Associate Professor of Linguistics, National university of Singapore
This volume represents a wide-ranging state of the art collection of articles in critical discourse analysis. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested in the field. -- Professor John Flowerdew is at the City University of Hong Kong
Comprehensive and inclusive, the volume comprises 26 admirably diverse essays organized in two parts: 'Dimensions of Discourse' (theory) and 'Domains of Discourse' (data-driven analyses). Among the highlights of the volume are essays by Teun van Dijk on 'discourse-cognition-society,' Michal Krzyzanowski on the European Union, Nelya Koteyko on the application of CDS to health discourse, and Cap on methodology. These offer refreshing looks at field data and the applicability of CDS. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. -- K. Liu, CUNY * CHOICE *

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Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies is a really important and timely addition to the literature in the field. More specifically, the volume presents recent developments, of both a theoretical and methodological kind which have never yet been compiled in such a consistent, systematic and thoughtful way. This comprehensive volume finally makes the vast range of current approaches, ideas, and empirical research accessible for a broad social science public and addresses scholars and students alike.

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