Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781474295000)

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.

Author: Christopher Hart
ISBN-10: 1474295002
ISBN-13: 9781474295000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2017
Pages: 640
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.60w x 1.30d