Description
| Product ID: | 9781138790971 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Language and Power |
| Authors: | Author: Norman Fairclough |
| Page Count: | 264 |
| Subjects: | Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Discourse analysis |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Language and Power is widely recognised both as a classic and an essential introductory textbook to the field of Critical Discourse Analysis. In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Norman Fairclough brings the discussion up-to-date and shows both the importance of the book in the development of critical discourse analysis over the past three decades and how language and power relations have changed due to major socio-economic changes. Language and Power is widely recognised both as a classic and an essential introductory textbook 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. In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Norman Fairclough includes a substantial new introduction and brings the discussion up-to-date. He shows both the importance of the book in the development of critical discourse analysis over the past three decades and how language and power relations have changed due to major socio-economic changes. It remains vital reading for all students of discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis and other related courses. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-09-04 |
