摘要：This article presents an interview with Dr.Paul Chilton,Emeritus Professor in linguistics at the University of Lancaster,UK.His main research interests include cognitive linguistics and the socially engaged analysis of discourse(especially Critical Discourse Analysis,CDA for short).In this interview,Professor Chilton enlightens us on the issues of CDA,including its basic tenets,historical origin,theoretical bases,research methods,future directions,and so on.
