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.

'The book would be particularly interesting to critical discourse analysts wishing to engage in cognitively oriented analysis and interpretation, well as cognitive linguists wishing to apply Cognitive Linguistics to critical research.' - Alexandra Polyzou, Lancaster University, Critical Discourse Studies

Autorentext
Christopher Hart is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK. His research focuses on the relationship between discourse and cognition in political contexts. He is co-editor of the volume Cognitive Linguistics in Critical Discourse Analysis: Application and Theory (2007).

Inhalt
Preface Acknowledgements Figures and Tables PART I: THE SCOPE OF CDA Introduction Critical Discourse Analysis PART II: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Communication, Cooperation and Manipulation Referential Strategies Predication and Proximisation Strategies Legitimising Strategies PART III: COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS Conceptualisation Metaphor Force-dynamics and Epistemic Modality Concluding References Index