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Notes for authors
 

Editorial policy: See the “Aims and Scope” for Critical Discourse Studies.

 

Number of copies:  One copy should be sent by email only to editorial@cds-web.net. 

 

Typing: Articles submitted for publication should be word processed and double-spaced throughout. Please leave generous margins.

 

Length: The normal length is 7000 words, including footnotes and references with an abstract of up to 150 words and up to 10 key words.

 

Titles: Titles and section headings should be clear and brief.

 

Quotations: Lengthy quotations (over three lines or 40 words) should be  indented in the text without quotation marks. Short quotations in the text itself should be marked as such with ‘single quotation marks’.

 

Language and Spelling: Only papers in English are published. Quotations of text fragments in other languages should be translated. UK or US spellings may be used, but usage must be consistent throughout. 

 

Tables and figures: Tables and figures should be numbered and have short descriptive titles. Camera-ready artwork should be supplied for all figures and images. Gray-scale or line art images are acceptable. The journal will not print colour images.

 

Notes: Endnotes should be indicated by superscript numbers in the text and typed at the end of the text.

 

References: References cited in the text should follow the format: Halliday (1987: 63–4), Halliday and Martin (1993, 1994). Use ‘et al.’ for more than two authors. The letters a, b, c, etc., should be used for different works by the same author in the same year.

 

All in-text references should be listed alphabetically after the notes, as follows:

 

Fairclough, N. (1992). Discourse and social change. Cambridge: Polity Press.

 

Bourdieu, P. (1991). Language and symbolic power. (G. Raymond & M. Adamson, Trans.). London: Polity.

 

Muntigl, P. (2000). Dilemmas of individualism and social necessity. In P. Muntigl, G. Weiss, & R. Wodak (Eds.). European Union Discourses on Unemployment: An interdisciplinary approach to employment policy-making and organizational change. London: Benjamins. PAGES 45 – 67.

 

Adams, W., Alford, P. & Shanahan, D. (1997, October, 23-24). Route hacks $400bn off world shares. The Weekend Australian: 1.

 

Iedema, R. (1999). Formalizing organizational meaning. Discourse & Society, 10, (1): 49-66.

 

Costello, P. (2003). AAA Again for Australia. (URL:   http://www.treasurer.gov.au/tsr/content/pressreleases/2003/005.asp. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. Accessed May 20, 2003.)    

 

Biography: Authors should supply a biographical note of no more than 100 words.

 

Cover sheets:  The paper should have a cover sheet with the following information: name of author(s); institutional affiliation, private and email addresses; address for proofs and offprints; telephone and fax numbers; short title and size in words. The cover sheet should be part of the same file as the paper.

 

Offprints: Authors receive PDF offprints of their papers plus one copy of the journal and are responsible for obtaining copyright permission for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. In the case of multiple authorship, please indicate which author should be sent correspondence and proofs.

 

Debate section: Contributions should be 1200 words maximum with a short descriptive title and a cover sheet with details listed above for article submissions. This section is also refereed. “Right of reply” conventions apply.

 

Submission instructions: Submissions should be sent by email, in one file (including figures, tables, and appendices) preferably in Microsoft Word to the editors at the following address: editorial@cds-web.net. Please write in the subject line: “Submission for Critical Discourse Studies”.  

 

Please attach your paper with a personal message to the editors.

 

Journal contact: For questions about suitability of submissions or other requests for information, please write to the editors at: editorial@cds-web.net