Tom Huckin
University of Utah
tomhuckin@comcast.net
Critical discourse analysis (aka critical discourse studies) is an outgrowth of critical linguistics that emerged in the early 1990’s under the guidance of Teun van Dijk, Norman Fairclough, Ruth Wodak, and other European scholars. It constitutes a multidisciplinary approach that combines linguistic analysis, social theory, rhetorical analysis, and other tools to expose various forms of manipulation in public discourse. Relying mainly on qualitative methods, CDA is a context-sensitive form of text analysis that takes an explicit ethical stance against social injustice, discrimination, and other discourse-enabled abuses of power.
Leading Journals
Discourse & Society http://das.sagepub.com
Discourse & Communication http://dcm.sagepub.com
Critical Discourse Studies http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17405904.asp
Discurso & Sociedad http://www.dissoc.org
Journal of Language and Politic http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=JLP
Relevant Organizations
ALED (Asociacion Latino-Americana de Estudios del Discurso http://www.portalaled.com/
Language, Ideology, and Power Research Group http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/groups/lip/index.htm
Relevant Web Sites
Discourse in Society http://www.discourses.org
Centro de Estudios del Discurso http://www.discurs.org
Relevant Email Discussion Lists
Critics-L list http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A0=critics-l&D=0&F=&H=0&O=T&S=&T=0
DISCOURS http://www-english.tamu.edu/ds/discours.html