Critical Discourse Studies
@critdiscstuds.bsky.social
Taylor&Francis journal. We publish critical research that advances our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social structures and social change.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rcds20
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rcds20
we've received our 501st submission for 2025 (10 more already than the total received in 2024).
Is the increase in submissions driven by GenAI?? It just might be, dear reader...
Is the increase in submissions driven by GenAI?? It just might be, dear reader...
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
we've received our 501st submission for 2025 (10 more already than the total received in 2024).
Is the increase in submissions driven by GenAI?? It just might be, dear reader...
Is the increase in submissions driven by GenAI?? It just might be, dear reader...
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It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
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3 year AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards at the University of Liverpool. Home and International students can apply; any arts and humanities discipline is eligible.
Candidates are invited to submit an Expression of Interest form by the 12th December 2025.
Details: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Candidates are invited to submit an Expression of Interest form by the 12th December 2025.
Details: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Doctoral Landscape Awards | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
3 year AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards at the University of Liverpool. Home and International students can apply; any arts and humanities discipline is eligible.
Candidates are invited to submit an Expression of Interest form by the 12th December 2025.
Details: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Candidates are invited to submit an Expression of Interest form by the 12th December 2025.
Details: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
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Can someone point me towards works that engage reflexively with the analytical process of doing CDA on political discourses and ideology?
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Can someone point me towards works that engage reflexively with the analytical process of doing CDA on political discourses and ideology?
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What a vibe!
#12ICOM in Groningen is multimodalicious
Thanks to @thiip.bsky.social, Louise Ravelli, Bart Verheij and @asliozyurek.bsky.social for their brilliant keynotes!
#12ICOM in Groningen is multimodalicious
Thanks to @thiip.bsky.social, Louise Ravelli, Bart Verheij and @asliozyurek.bsky.social for their brilliant keynotes!
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What a vibe!
#12ICOM in Groningen is multimodalicious
Thanks to @thiip.bsky.social, Louise Ravelli, Bart Verheij and @asliozyurek.bsky.social for their brilliant keynotes!
#12ICOM in Groningen is multimodalicious
Thanks to @thiip.bsky.social, Louise Ravelli, Bart Verheij and @asliozyurek.bsky.social for their brilliant keynotes!
New data: Critical Discourse Studies achieved 57,816 downloads in the 3rd quarter of 2025, up from 44,449 downloads over the same period in 2024.
#CriticalDiscourseStudies
#CriticalDiscourseStudies
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New data: Critical Discourse Studies achieved 57,816 downloads in the 3rd quarter of 2025, up from 44,449 downloads over the same period in 2024.
#CriticalDiscourseStudies
#CriticalDiscourseStudies
New Research Article >>
Omran Shroufi: A critical discourse analysis of Geert Wilders’ pro-Israelism
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Omran Shroufi: A critical discourse analysis of Geert Wilders’ pro-Israelism
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
New Research Article >>
Omran Shroufi: A critical discourse analysis of Geert Wilders’ pro-Israelism
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Omran Shroufi: A critical discourse analysis of Geert Wilders’ pro-Israelism
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy pre-order book day to @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social !
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition:
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Out soon!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition:
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Out soon!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition
A comprehensive approach to the study of discourse and conflict, this book explores how opposing communities construe discourse worlds which appear to reflect t…
www.bloomsbury.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Happy pre-order book day to @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social !
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition:
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Out soon!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition:
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Out soon!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
We have just rejected our first submission where the use of Gen-AI to rewrite the article was acknowledged.
Given the way that they commandeer public water resources and contribute to climate collapse, we do not think that there is an ethical way to use such tools.
Given the way that they commandeer public water resources and contribute to climate collapse, we do not think that there is an ethical way to use such tools.
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We have just rejected our first submission where the use of Gen-AI to rewrite the article was acknowledged.
Given the way that they commandeer public water resources and contribute to climate collapse, we do not think that there is an ethical way to use such tools.
Given the way that they commandeer public water resources and contribute to climate collapse, we do not think that there is an ethical way to use such tools.
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Join us for our next LIP talk
We are delighted to welcome Teun A. van Dijk (Centre of Discourse Studies, Barcelona) for the third talk of the term.
Title: Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right
Date & Time: Tuesday 28th October, 1-2pm (UK time)
Location: MS Teams
Online link: lnkd.in/eyvGGc7G
We are delighted to welcome Teun A. van Dijk (Centre of Discourse Studies, Barcelona) for the third talk of the term.
Title: Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right
Date & Time: Tuesday 28th October, 1-2pm (UK time)
Location: MS Teams
Online link: lnkd.in/eyvGGc7G
October 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Join us for our next LIP talk
We are delighted to welcome Teun A. van Dijk (Centre of Discourse Studies, Barcelona) for the third talk of the term.
Title: Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right
Date & Time: Tuesday 28th October, 1-2pm (UK time)
Location: MS Teams
Online link: lnkd.in/eyvGGc7G
We are delighted to welcome Teun A. van Dijk (Centre of Discourse Studies, Barcelona) for the third talk of the term.
Title: Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right
Date & Time: Tuesday 28th October, 1-2pm (UK time)
Location: MS Teams
Online link: lnkd.in/eyvGGc7G
New paper on how far-right and adjacent actors on Swedish YouTube channels disseminate transphobia under the guise of child protection – blending moral concern, pseudo-science, and conspiratorial narratives to stigmatise and spread fear of transgender people.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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My latest article 'The Language of Profeminist Men Online: A Corpus Linguistic Analysis' has now been published in Gender and Language! The paper examines the language of r/MensLib, a community dedicated to discussing men's issues in a profeminist manner on Reddit. utppublishing.com/stoken/autho...
The Language of Profeminist Men Online: A Corpus Linguistic Analysis | Gender and Language
Abstract This article examines the language of r/MensLib, a community dedicated to discussing men's issues in a profeminist manner on the content aggregation site Reddit. The language of profeminist men is relatively under-researched compared to that of antifeminist men, and so this article explores the salient topics of r/MensLib, the specific language used within the community and how r/MensLib orient themselves to feminism. The 50 most upvoted posts of all time and their associated comment threads were collected from r/MensLib, totaling a corpus of 925,153 words, and then a keyword analysis was conducted using Sketch Engine. The study found that r/MensLib explicitly support a range of LGBTQ+ identities, critique socially constructed gender roles, and discuss how they orient to feminism and a variety of other topics, such as the manosphere, sexual violence, abortion, body shaming, and pornography.
utppublishing.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
My latest article 'The Language of Profeminist Men Online: A Corpus Linguistic Analysis' has now been published in Gender and Language! The paper examines the language of r/MensLib, a community dedicated to discussing men's issues in a profeminist manner on Reddit. utppublishing.com/stoken/autho...
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Delighted to announce (ugh, can't believe I'm saying that) that Alon Lischinsky and my bibliography of Trans Media Studies is out with Oxford Bibliographies! It's basically the equivalent of a compilation tape - key works, deep cuts and things we like
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Delighted to announce (ugh, can't believe I'm saying that) that Alon Lischinsky and my bibliography of Trans Media Studies is out with Oxford Bibliographies! It's basically the equivalent of a compilation tape - key works, deep cuts and things we like
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
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“Dogwhistles, Discrimination, Humour and the Law: Regulating Implicit Messaging” by Jennifer Young: doi.org/10.16995/olh... Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Humour as a Human Right
Dogwhistles, Discrimination, Humour and the Law: Regulating Implicit Messaging
This paper explores how implicit, discriminatory messages bypass sanctions in the United Kingdom and beyond, despite their potential for significant societal harm. Drawing on linguistic and humour res...
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“Dogwhistles, Discrimination, Humour and the Law: Regulating Implicit Messaging” by Jennifer Young: doi.org/10.16995/olh... Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Humour as a Human Right
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🗣️📢 The call for abstracts of #cadaad2026 is out! 🗣️📢
September 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🗣️📢 The call for abstracts of #cadaad2026 is out! 🗣️📢
This is really starting to get out of hand.
A reminder: if you use GenAI to write, or rewrite, your article, it will be rejected from this journal.
A reminder: if you use GenAI to write, or rewrite, your article, it will be rejected from this journal.
September 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is really starting to get out of hand.
A reminder: if you use GenAI to write, or rewrite, your article, it will be rejected from this journal.
A reminder: if you use GenAI to write, or rewrite, your article, it will be rejected from this journal.
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The CfA for the @cadaad2026.bsky.social conference at @uva-es.bsky.social is now open!
The conference theme is "Beyond Physical and Symbolic Spaces: Methods and Challenges in Critical Discourse Studies."
Dates: 8-10 July
For more details on the conference: www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai...
The conference theme is "Beyond Physical and Symbolic Spaces: Methods and Challenges in Critical Discourse Studies."
Dates: 8-10 July
For more details on the conference: www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai...
CADAAD 2026
Welcome to CADAAD 2026 We are delighted to announce that the 2026 edition of the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference will be hosted by the University of Va...
www.cadaad2026.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The CfA for the @cadaad2026.bsky.social conference at @uva-es.bsky.social is now open!
The conference theme is "Beyond Physical and Symbolic Spaces: Methods and Challenges in Critical Discourse Studies."
Dates: 8-10 July
For more details on the conference: www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai...
The conference theme is "Beyond Physical and Symbolic Spaces: Methods and Challenges in Critical Discourse Studies."
Dates: 8-10 July
For more details on the conference: www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai...
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This is why we shouldn't laugh at Trump's announcement. Made up categories can have a violent effect, that is how political discourse works. They know what they are doing, these are the mechanisms totalitarian regimes are built on.
How do I explain that the fact of “antifa” being a made-up org is exactly *why* calling it one is so dangerous.
It doesn’t exist. There are no members.
Which means it can be anything, & anyone can be a member
It exists only in the minds of those who crave permission harm to whomever they wish.
It doesn’t exist. There are no members.
Which means it can be anything, & anyone can be a member
It exists only in the minds of those who crave permission harm to whomever they wish.
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is why we shouldn't laugh at Trump's announcement. Made up categories can have a violent effect, that is how political discourse works. They know what they are doing, these are the mechanisms totalitarian regimes are built on.
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We are organizing #CADAAD2026 in Valladolid.
The #CFP will be launched soon.
We'll be using the handle @cadaad2026.bsky.social for updates and information.
Follow us there & help us spread the word!
#CADAADNetwork #CADAAD #CriticalDiscourseStudies
The #CFP will be launched soon.
We'll be using the handle @cadaad2026.bsky.social for updates and information.
Follow us there & help us spread the word!
#CADAADNetwork #CADAAD #CriticalDiscourseStudies
September 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We are organizing #CADAAD2026 in Valladolid.
The #CFP will be launched soon.
We'll be using the handle @cadaad2026.bsky.social for updates and information.
Follow us there & help us spread the word!
#CADAADNetwork #CADAAD #CriticalDiscourseStudies
The #CFP will be launched soon.
We'll be using the handle @cadaad2026.bsky.social for updates and information.
Follow us there & help us spread the word!
#CADAADNetwork #CADAAD #CriticalDiscourseStudies
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Verifying something that I intuitively felt was the case. This is one of the reasons why I automatically reject any article submitted to my journal that has used LLMs for text annotation or analysis.
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Using LLMs as data annotators, you can produce any scientific result you want. We call this **LLM Hacking**.
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
September 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Verifying something that I intuitively felt was the case. This is one of the reasons why I automatically reject any article submitted to my journal that has used LLMs for text annotation or analysis.
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Please consider contributing to our special issue on communicating the climate crisis in an age of rising authoritarian populism. We accept short commentaries and full research papers.
I am co-editing a special issue ‘Communicating Climate Change in an Age of Rising Authoritarian Populism’ of the Journal of Environmental Media with @antalwozniak.bsky.social and Sibo Chen. We're accepting pitches for commentaries and abstracts for full papers www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-e...
Journal of Environmental Media
Journal of Environmental Media; The Journal of Environmental Media offers a scholarly platform to bridge work in environmental studies, identity and social justice, and science communication through t...
www.intellectbooks.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Please consider contributing to our special issue on communicating the climate crisis in an age of rising authoritarian populism. We accept short commentaries and full research papers.
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Pivot >> Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics: A Practical Guide
By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social
Free to download
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social
Free to download
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics
This book provides a practical guide to combining three diverse traditions within the field of discourse studies and Corpus Linguistics.
link.springer.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Pivot >> Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics: A Practical Guide
By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social
Free to download
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social
Free to download
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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My Berkeley colleagues & I are saddened by the death of our colleague Robin Lakoff. Her 1972 book Language & Women's Place created the modern field of language & gender. She also wrote articulately, passionately & impactfully about Latin linguistics (Abstract Syntax & Latin Complementation, 1968) 1/
August 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
My Berkeley colleagues & I are saddened by the death of our colleague Robin Lakoff. Her 1972 book Language & Women's Place created the modern field of language & gender. She also wrote articulately, passionately & impactfully about Latin linguistics (Abstract Syntax & Latin Complementation, 1968) 1/
#OpenAccess Research Article
Zhenxing Jiang: The making, anchoring, and reassurance of ‘meaninglessness’: a critical discourse and modal affordance perspective on Chinese dance drama The Eternal Radio Waves
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Zhenxing Jiang: The making, anchoring, and reassurance of ‘meaninglessness’: a critical discourse and modal affordance perspective on Chinese dance drama The Eternal Radio Waves
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#OpenAccess Research Article
Zhenxing Jiang: The making, anchoring, and reassurance of ‘meaninglessness’: a critical discourse and modal affordance perspective on Chinese dance drama The Eternal Radio Waves
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Zhenxing Jiang: The making, anchoring, and reassurance of ‘meaninglessness’: a critical discourse and modal affordance perspective on Chinese dance drama The Eternal Radio Waves
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Review Essay
Jake A. Garner: Challenging waves of memory: intersections of rhetoric, politics, and grassroots narratives in contemporary memory studies
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Jake A. Garner: Challenging waves of memory: intersections of rhetoric, politics, and grassroots narratives in contemporary memory studies
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Challenging waves of memory: intersections of rhetoric, politics, and grassroots narratives in contemporary memory studies
The field of memory studies has traditionally been framed through a linear, wave-based model that assumes theoretical and methodological substitution over time. However, this essay challenges the l...
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August 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Review Essay
Jake A. Garner: Challenging waves of memory: intersections of rhetoric, politics, and grassroots narratives in contemporary memory studies
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Jake A. Garner: Challenging waves of memory: intersections of rhetoric, politics, and grassroots narratives in contemporary memory studies
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...