Texts and Practices: Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis

Caldas-Coulthard, Carmen Rosa; Coulthard, Malcolm (Editors)

ISBN 10: 0415121426 / ISBN 13: 9780415121422

Published by Routledge, 1996

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294 pgs. Personal signature on second page. Five pages with yellow highlighting. No underlining. Discourse is a major instrument of power and control and Critical Discourse Analysts, unlike Chomsky, feel that is is indeed part of their professional role to investigate, reveal and clarify how power and discriminatory value ae inscribed i and mediated through the linguistic system. Seller Inventory # ABE-1679938116158

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Title: Texts and Practices: Readings in Critical ...

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

Text and Practices provides an essential introduction to the theory and practice of Critical Discourse Analysis. Using insights from this challenging new method of linguiistic analysis, the contributors to this text reveal the ways in whcih language can be used as a means of social control.
The essays in Text and Practices:
* demonstrate how critical discourse analysis can be applied to a variety of written and spoken texts
* deconstruct data from a range of contexts, countries and spheres
* expose hidden patterns of discrimination and inequalities of power
Texts and Practices, which includes specially commissioned papers from a range of distinguished authors, provides a state-of-the-art introduction to critical discourse analysis. As such it represents an important contribution to this developing field and an essential text for all advanced students of language, media and cultural studies.

About the Author:

Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard, Malcolm Coulthard