Causal cognition and socio-cognition in critical discourse analysis: A reply to Rick Iedema

TY - JOUR

T1 - Causal cognition and socio-cognition in critical discourse analysis

T2 - A reply to Rick Iedema

AU - O'Halloran, Kieran

PY - 2005/9/1

Y1 - 2005/9/1

N2 - I am responding to Rick Iedema's (2004) extensive review article on my book, ‘Critical Discourse Analysis and Language Cognition’ (Edinburgh University Press, 2003), referred to mistakenly by Iedema as ‘Critical Discourse Analysis and Cognitive Linguistics’. His is a highly selective piece. Such a review is not necessarily problematic if the author also appreciates the overall aims and scope of a work. On the evidence of Iedema's article, this is not the case. Crucially, what is missing is an understanding that the main cognitive focus of my book is different but complementary to the one he is familiar with in CDA. This omission may flow, in part, from Iedema not providing an adequate, accurate summary of the book. His synopsis runs to only three sentences (though for his ‘own understandings and uses of CDA’, he uses around 900 words!). I will thus spend some time summarising the book.1 Later, I will address Iedema's misunderstandings.

AB - I am responding to Rick Iedema's (2004) extensive review article on my book, ‘Critical Discourse Analysis and Language Cognition’ (Edinburgh University Press, 2003), referred to mistakenly by Iedema as ‘Critical Discourse Analysis and Cognitive Linguistics’. His is a highly selective piece. Such a review is not necessarily problematic if the author also appreciates the overall aims and scope of a work. On the evidence of Iedema's article, this is not the case. Crucially, what is missing is an understanding that the main cognitive focus of my book is different but complementary to the one he is familiar with in CDA. This omission may flow, in part, from Iedema not providing an adequate, accurate summary of the book. His synopsis runs to only three sentences (though for his ‘own understandings and uses of CDA’, he uses around 900 words!). I will thus spend some time summarising the book.1 Later, I will address Iedema's misunderstandings.

U2 - 10.1016/j.linged.2006.05.001

DO - 10.1016/j.linged.2006.05.001

M3 - Article

SN - 0898-5898

VL - 16

SP - 413

EP - 423

JO - Linguistics and Education

JF - Linguistics and Education

IS - 3

ER -