Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
We investigate the way language and other semiotic resources are used to communicate, legitimate and instantiate social identities and relations in a variety of discursive contexts.
As such, our work falls broadly in the field of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS), an approach to discourse and discourse analysis which focusses on the way social issues are constructed through text and talk.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Christopher Hart
- School of Social Sciences - Professor of Linguistics
- DisTex - Discourse and Text Research Group - Academic
- Research Group in Cognitive Linguistics - Academic
- LIP - Language, Ideology and Power Group
Person: Academic and Related
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Uta Papen
- Faculty Office - Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- School of Social Sciences - Professor of Literacy Studies
- FHASS Health Hub
- LIP - Language, Ideology and Power Group - Academic
- Lancaster Literacy Research Centre - Academic
Person: Academic and Related
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Early years literacy in India: towards effective teaching and learning practices
Papen, U. (Principal Investigator), Dyer, C. (Principal Investigator) & Bhattacharjea, S. (Co-Investigator)
19/01/15 → …
Project: Other
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Linguistic landscapes: the cultural production of urban spaces
Papen, U. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/10 → …
Project: Other
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Using interactive reading circles to develop children’s critical thinking and critical literacy
Papen, U. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/16 → 30/04/17
Project: Other
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Critical discourse studies and the rise of social media: Methodological debates and challenges
Unger, J., 23/01/2026, Edward Elgar Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies. Forchtner, B. & Zappettini, F. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 203-218 16 p.Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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How Chinese Players Respond to Queerness in Video games: Right-Wing Discursive Attacks in Chinese Online Gaming Communities
Yin, Y. & Unger, J. W., 27/10/2026, (Accepted/In press) Law, Linguistics and the Far Right: International Perspectives on Verbal Attacks on Vulnerable Groups. Drinóczi, T. & Oliveira, A. L. (eds.). London: Routledge, 19 p.Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Using CDA on internet data
Unger, J., Wodak, R. & KhosraviNik, M., 30/11/2025, Qualitative Research. Silverman, D. (ed.). 6th ed. ed. London: Sage, p. 261-279 19 p.Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Activities
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Theoretical framework: A narrative approach to social media discourse
Liu, L. (Speaker)
3/02/2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Storytelling, stance, and mediation: Chinese opinion leaders’ small stories on global social media
Liu, L. (Speaker)
14/10/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Critical discourse studies and multimodality: social media, popular culture and everyday life
Unger, J. (Speaker)
17/06/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Bolton Institute of Higher Education Annual Prize for the Highest Undergraduate Degree Result
Tyler, I. (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Bread and Roses Book Prize (shortlisted)
Tyler, I. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Lancaster University Staff Award 2014: Outstanding Contribution to Research in Inequalities
Tyler, I. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Imogen Tyler Keynote Lecture November 15 "The Political Aesthetics of Disgust" at Nottingham Contemporary Arts Centre
14/11/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Impacts
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Blackpool and Fylde Research Skills Development Network
Papen, U. (Participant)
Impact: Societal Impacts
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