Critical Discourse Analysis and Cognitive Science: New Perspectives on Immigration Discourse

by Christopher Hart

This study advances a model for Critical Discourse Analysis which draws on Evolutionary Psychology and Cognitive Linguistics, applied in a critical analysis of immigration discourse. It will be of special interest to students and researchers with which to explore new perspectives in CDA.

219 pages, Hardcover

First published October 20, 2010

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Christopher Hart is Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University where he teaches courses in cognitive linguistics and critical discourse analysis. His research investigates the link between language, cognition and action in social and political contexts of communication. He is author of “Critical Discourse Analysis and Cognitive Science: New Perspectives on Immigration Discourse (Palgrave, 2010) and “Discourse, Grammar and Ideology: Functional and Cognitive Perspectives (Bloomsbury, 2014).