Overview

Critical discourse studies is a multifarious field constantly developing different methodological frameworks for dynamically analysing 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.

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Author:   Prof Christopher Hart (Lancaster University, UK) ,  Dr Piotr Cap (University of Lodz, Poland)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   nip
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.096kg
ISBN:  

9781474295000

ISBN 10:   1474295002
Pages:   640
Publication Date:   26 January 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction - Christopher Hart and Piotr Cap PART I Dimensions of Discourse History 2. Argumentation Analysis and the Discourse-Historical Approach. A Methodological Framework, Martin Reisigl 3. Metaphor in the Discourse-Historical Approach, Andreas Musolff Argumentation 4. Historia Magistra Vitae: The Topos of History as a Teacher in Public Struggles over Self- and Other-Representation, Bernard Forchtner 5. It Is Easy To Miss Something You Are Not Looking For: A Pragmatic Account of Covert Communicative Influence for (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Steve Oswald Social Cognition 6. Discourse-Cognition-Society: Current State and Prospects of the Socio-Cognitive Approach to Discourse, Teun van Dijk 7. Applying Social Cognition Research to Critical Discourse Studies: The Case of Collective Identities, Veronika Koller Conceptualisation 8. A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Language, Mind and Ideology, Christopher Hart 9. Expanding CDS Methodology by Cognitive-Pragmatic Tools: Proximization Theory and Public Space Discourses, Piotr Cap Corpora 10. ‘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 Baker 11. Deconstructing Arguments via Text Mining of Their Online Discussion Forums: A Practical Digitally-Based Analysis, Kieran O’Halloran Sound and Vision 12. Critical Discourse Analysis and Multimodality, Theo van Leeuwen 13. Sound and Discourse: A Multimodal Approach to War Film Music, David Machin PART II Domains of Discourse Political Discourse 14. American Ways of Organizing the World: Designing the Global Future through U.S. National Security Policy, Patricia Dunmire 15. ‘Yes, We Can’: The Social Life of a Political Slogan, Adam Hodges Media Discourse 16. Media Discourse in Context, Anita Fetzer 17. Media Discourse and De/Coloniality: A Post-Foundational Approach, Felicitas Macgilchrist European Union 18. Discourse and Communication in the European Union: A Multi-Focus Perspective of Critical Discourse Studies, Michal Krzyzanowski 19. The Discursive Technology of Europeans' Involvement: EU Culture and Community of Practice, Elena Magistro Public Policy 20. 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 Rogers Race and Immigration 22. Immigration Discourses and Critical Discourse Analysis: Dynamics of World Events and Immigration Representations in the British Press, Majid KhosraviNik 23. Race and Immigration in Far- and Extreme-Right European Political Leaflets, John Richardson and Monica Colombo Health 24. Critical Studies of Health and Illness Discourses, Nelya Koteyko 25. Public Health in the UK Media, Olivia Knapton and Gabriella Rundblad Environment 26. Ecolinguistics and Erasure, Arran Stibbe 27. Values, Assumptions and Beliefs in British Newspaper Editorial Coverage of Climate Change, Cinzia Bevitori Index

Reviews

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 * 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 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

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

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