The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies provides a state-of-the-art overview of the important and rapidly developing field of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS). 41 chapters from leading international scholars cover the central theories, concepts, contexts and applications of CDS and how they have developed, including methodologies to assist those undertaking their own critical research of discourse. This Handbook is key reading for all those engaged in the study and research of Critical Discourse Analysis within English Language and Linguistics, Communication, Media Studies and related areas.