Critical Discourse Analysis

CHRISTINE ANTHONISSEN Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Western Cape MICHAEL BILLIG Professor of Social Sciences, Loughborough University CARMEN ROSA CALDAS-COULTHARD Senior Lecturer, Centre for English Language Studies, University of Birmingham MARCELO DASCAL Professor of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University CONCEPCION GOMEZ ESTEBAN Associate Professor of Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid CARLOS A.M. GOUVEIA Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Lisbon PHIL GRAHAM Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Queensland MARIANNE W. JORGENSEN Acting Lecturer, Department of Thematic Studies, Linkoping University JAY L.LEMKE Professor of Education, University of New York JIM R. MARTIN Professor in Linguistics, University of Sydney LUISA MARTIN ROJO Associate Professor in Linguistics, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid PATRICIA O'CONNOR Associate Professor in the Theory and Practise of Writing, Georgetown University SUZANNE SCOLLON Senior Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University TEUN A. VAN DIJK Professor of Discourse Studies, University of Amsterdam

Can discourse analysis techniques adequately deal with complex social phenomena? This volume provides an innovative and original debate on critical theory and discourse analysis, focussing on the extent to which CDA can and should draw on the theory and methodology of a range of disciplines within the social sciences.Can discourse analysis techniques adequately deal with complex social phenomena? What does 'interdisciplinarity' mean for theory building and the practise of empirical research? This volume provides an innovative and original debate on critical theory and discourse analysis, focussing on the extent to which CDA can and should draw on the theory and methodology of a range of disciplines within the social sciences.