Research in Critical Discourse Studies - Website Teun A. van Dijk


Societies and organizations of discoursr studies



The Society for Text and Discourse
International society for scholars engaged in discourse analysis. Although the society is open to all discourse analysts, most of its members are psychologists working on text processing and related issues. Its homepage has useful information about past and upcoming conferences.

IPRA-International Pragmatics Association

ALED. Asociación Latino-americana de Estudios del Discurso.
The first and foremost regional association for the study of discourse. Organizes bi-annual congresses, and soon also its own Journal. [Website temporarily not accessible].

Xarxa d'Estudis del Discurs/Red de Estudios del Discurso
Network of discourse research groups in Spain, France and Argentina. [In Catalan].

Cátedra Unesco para la Lectura y la Escritura
The international network in Latin America (Cali, Valparaiso, Buenos Aires) of chairs/departments involved in the applied study of discourse, reading and writing, directed by Cristina Martínez (Cali, Colombia).