Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language (Language in Social Life) - Softcover

Fairclough, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582219841 ISBN 13: 9780582219847

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1995

Synopsis

This book brings together work on critical discourse analysis to explore language in power and ideology. Divided into four sections, the first examines the development of an analytical framework for researching language in relation to power and ideology. The second section deals with the theme of discourse and contemporary social and cultural change, and the use of a critical discourse analysis analysis frmaework in the studyof change. Chapters in the third section address discourse analysis based outside language studies, arguing for the use of textual analysis in discourse analysis as a method of social research. The final section is concerned with critical language awareness, educational applications of critical discourse analysis within language programmes in schools and educational institutions.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Bringing together papers written by Norman Fairclough over a 25 year period, Critical Discourse Analysis represents a comprehensive and important contribution to the development of this popular field.

 

The book is divided into seven sections covering the following themes:

 

• language in relation to ideology and power
• discourse in processes of social and cultural change
• dialectics of discourse, dialectical relations between discourse and other moments of social life
• methodology of critical discourse analysis research
• analysis of political discourse
• discourse in globalisation and ‘transition’
• critical language awareness in education

 

The new edition has been extensively revised and enlarged to include a total of twenty two papers. It will be of value to researchers in the subject and should prove essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in Linguistics and other areas of social science.

 

Norman Fairclough is Emeritus Professor at Lancaster University.

About the Author:

Norman Fairclough is Emeritus Professor at Lancaster University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0582219841
• ISBN 13: 9780582219847
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 265