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Discourse Analysis in Language Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Meilu Liu
University of Auckland
2
X. Wang
China University of Petroleum, Beijing
3
Vũ Phi Hổ Phạm
Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City
4
Reem Alkhammash
Taif University
5
Ekaterina Sudina
University of Maryland, College Park
6
Ting Sun
University of Utah
7
Yimin Zhang
Chongqing Jiaotong University
8
David Wei Dai
University College London
9
Sichen Xia
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
10
Wesley Y. Leonard
University of California, Riverside

Rising Stars Papers

1
Generative AI for professional communication training in intercultural contexts: where are we now and where are we heading?
Applied Linguistics Review|2024
38 cit.
2
ChatGPT in Language Learning: Perspectives from Vietnamese Students in Vietnam and the USA
International Journal of Language Instruction|2024
31 cit.
3
Enhancing student GAI literacy in digital multimodal composing through development and validation of a scale
Computers in Human Behavior|2025
29 cit.
4
Open science: Considerations and issues for <scp>TESOL</scp> research
TESOL Quarterly|2024
28 cit.
5
&lt;b&gt;AI Chatbots for Language Practices&lt;/b&gt;
International journal of AI in language education.|2024
16 cit.
6
Preparing learners for digitally mediated academic communication: Digital multimodal practice in students’ knowledge dissemination videos
Journal of English for Academic Purposes|2024
13 cit.
7
When AI meets intercultural communication: new frontiers, new agendas
Applied Linguistics Review|2024
12 cit.
8
Interactional Competence for professional communication in intercultural contexts: Epistemology, analytic framework and pedagogy
Language Culture and Curriculum|2024
9 cit.
9
How does interaction with LLM powered chatbots shape human understanding of culture? The need for Critical Interactional Competence (CritIC)
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics|2025
8 cit.
10
Examining language learners’ GenAI-assisted writing self-efficacy profiles and the relationship with their writing self-regulated learning strategies
System|2025
8 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Feng Jiang
University of Hong Kong
2
Amy Snyder Ohta
University of Washington
3
Almas Ashraf
NED University of Engineering and Technology
4
Ali H. Al‐Hoorie
Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
5
Hang Su
Shanghai Chest Hospital
6
Xiaoqing Chen
University of Science and Technology Liaoning
7
Ashley R. Dainas
Indiana University Bloomington
8
Matthew Bruce Ingram
Dakota State University
9
Christine Biebricher
University of Auckland
10
Wing Yee Jenifer Ho
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Investigating students’ cognitive processes in generative AI-assisted digital multimodal composing and traditional writing
Computers & Education|2023
226 cit.
2
The validation crisis in the L2 motivational self system tradition
Studies in Second Language Acquisition|2023
63 cit.
3
Dynamic engagement: A longitudinal dual-process, reciprocal-effects model of teacher motivational practice and L2 student engagement
Language Teaching Research|2023
60 cit.
4
Does ChatGPT Argue Like Students? Bundles in Argumentative Essays
Applied Linguistics|2024
58 cit.
5
The construction of translanguaging space through digital multimodal composing: A case study of students' creation of instructional videos
Journal of English for Academic Purposes|2022
52 cit.
6
Metadiscourse choices in EAP: An intra-journal study of JEAP
Journal of English for Academic Purposes|2022
46 cit.
7
“We define X as …”: A local grammar of definition in linguistics research articles and its pedagogical value
Journal of English for Academic Purposes|2022
44 cit.
8
Exemplification in Chinese English-major MA students' and expert writers’ academic writing: A local grammar based investigation
Journal of English for Academic Purposes|2022
41 cit.
9
Titles in research articles: Changes across time and discipline
Learned Publishing|2022
40 cit.
10
Metadiscourse: the evolution of an approach to texts
Text and Talk|2022
35 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Gail Jefferson
University of Manchester
2
John R. Hayes
Pacific University Oregon
3
John M. Swales
University of Michigan
4
Sandra A. Thompson
University of California, Santa Barbara
5
Ken Hyland
University of East Anglia
6
Ruth Wodak
Lancaster University
7
Mary Kalantzis
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
8
Zoltán Dörnyei
University of Nottingham
9
Theo van Leeuwen
University of Southern Denmark
10
Kimberly A. Noels
University of Alberta

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation
Language|1974
11k cit.
2
A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation
Language|1974
8.7k cit.
3
Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings
Modern Language Journal|1992
4.7k cit.
4
Rhetorical Structure Theory: Toward a functional theory of text organization
Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse|1988
3.9k cit.
5
A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing
College Composition and Communication|1981
3.5k cit.
6
Multimodal Discourse: The Modes and Media of Contemporary Communication
College Composition and Communication|2002
3.4k cit.
7
A pedagogy of Multiliteracies Designing Social Futures
Unknown Journal|1996
3.3k cit.
8
Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse
Language|1980
3.3k cit.
9
Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar
Journal of the American Oriental Society|1987
2.9k cit.
10
Multiliteracies: Literacy Learning and the Design of Social Futures
College Composition and Communication|2001
2.5k cit.

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