The present text, entitled Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics and Discourse Critical Analysis by Christopher Hart, is a transcribed version of the lectures given by Professor Hart from November 28th to December 9th in 2022 as the forum speaker for the 22nd China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics.
Christopher Hart is Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University. His research uses cognitive linguistics to critically analyse the links between language (as well as other forms of semiosis), cognition and social action in contexts of political communication. Much of his research has been dedicated to developing a paradigm of Cognitive Critical Discourse Analysis (Cognitive CDA).
He is author/editor of several books including Critical Discourse Analysis and Cognitive Science: New Perspectives on Immigration Discourse (Palgrave 2010), Discourse, Grammar and Ideology: Functional and Cognitive Perspectives (Bloomsbury 2014) and Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Text and Discourse: From Poetics to Politics (EUP 2019). He has published articles in international journals including Cognitive Linguistics, Discourse & Society, Discourse & Communication, Critical Discourse Studies, Journal of Pragmatics and Journal of Language and Politics.
The China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics (http://cifcl.buaa.edu.cn/) provides a forum for eminent international scholars to give lectures on their original contributions to the field of cognitive linguistics. It is a continuing program organized by several prestigious universities in Beijing. The following is the organizer for CIFCL 22.
Fuyin (Thomas) Li: PhD/Professor, Beihang University
The CIFCL 22 was held online via Zoom. The organization of the CIFCL 22 might not have achieved an amount of success without constant effort and dedication of the volunteers. They are Yuanmeng Liu, Na Liu, Shan Zuo, Cuiying Zhang, Zifan Li, Jing Du, Hongxia Jia, Hongxi Sun, Chunhua Wang, and Tingting Xu. Many thanks to all of them.
The text is published, accompanied by its audio disc counterpart, as one of the Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics. The transcriptions of the video, proofreading of the text and publication of the work in its present book were completed by Professor Hart. The published version is the final version approved by the speaker.
Thomas Fuyin Li
Beihang University
Zifan Li
Beihang University