Critical Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Studies and Beyond

Theresa Catalano is Associate Professor in Second Language Education/ Applied Linguistics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and also serves as coordinator of the dual language endorsement and world language secondary education programs. Her research focuses on education and migration, language teacher education, multimodal critical discourse studies, and cognitive linguistics. She has published across a wide variety of journals including Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, Bilingual Research Journal, Visual Communication, Critical Discourse Studies, Journal of Language and Politics, Social Semiotics, and Discourse & Society. Her second book, Talking about Global Migration (Multilingual Matters, 2016) was nominated for two national book awards.Linda R. Waugh is Professor Emerita of French, English, Linguistics, Anthropology, and Language, Reading and Culture, and the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition andTeaching at the University of Arizona, where she went in 2000 after teaching at Cornell University (starting in 1971).  She has (co-)authored many journal articles and book chapters, in addition to 12 books and monographs. She is finishing a co-edited book (Cambridge History of Linguistics) with a co-authored chapter on 20th century linguistics.  She has many research interests, including French linguistics, phonology, semiotics, semantics, pragmatics, and (multimodal critical) discourse analysis/studies.

“This collection will provide readers not only with a detailed understanding of what CDA/S is about but also raise critical awareness about contemporary social changes … . This book is worthwhile reading and reflecting on, especially for those scholars and students showing great interest in the sphere of CDA/S.” (Junfang Mu and Lixin Zhang, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 21 (5), 2022)

• Chapter 1:  Introduction to CDA.- Chapter 2:  A brief history starting with the major founders.- Chapter 3: Approaches.- Chapter 4: Critique.- Chapter 5: Trends including PDA, multimodality, cognitive linguistics, critical applied linguistics.- Chapter 6:  Other areas and new directions.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.