Language and power / Norman Fairclough.

By:

Fairclough, Norman, 1941-

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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 264 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781138790971

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DDC classification:

306.4

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Discourse as social practice -- 3. Discourse and power -- 4. Discourse, common sense, and ideology -- 5. Critical discourse analysis in practice: description -- 6. Critical discourse analysis in practice: interpretation, explanation, and the position of the analyst -- 7. Creativity and struggle in discourse: the discourse of Thatcherism -- 8. Discourse in social change -- 9. Critical language study in social emancipation: language education in the schools -- 10. Language and globalization.

Summary: Is an essential introduction to the field of Critical Discourse Analysis. It focusses on how language functions in maintaining and changing power relations in modern society, the ways of analysing language which can reveal these processes and how people can become more conscious of them, as well as, more able to resist and change them.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	306.4 FAI lan (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Long overdue (Lost)	10754

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction --
2. Discourse as social practice --
3. Discourse and power --
4. Discourse, common sense, and ideology --
5. Critical discourse analysis in practice: description --
6. Critical discourse analysis in practice: interpretation, explanation, and the position of the analyst --
7. Creativity and struggle in discourse: the discourse of Thatcherism --
8. Discourse in social change --
9. Critical language study in social emancipation: language education in the schools --
10. Language and globalization.

Is an essential introduction to the field of Critical Discourse Analysis. It focusses on how language functions in maintaining and changing power relations in modern society, the ways of analysing language which can reveal these processes and how people can become more conscious of them, as well as, more able to resist and change them.

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