This ground-breaking introduction to critical discourse analysis has been revised and updated to take into account changing power relations in contemporary society.

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 ...

The student-friendly book also offers accessible summaries, an appendix of example texts, and a glossary of terms and key theorists.

Norman Fairclough applies to media language his 'critical discourse analysis' framework which he developed in 'Language and Power' and 'Discourse and Social Life'.Drawing on examples from TV, radio and the press, he focuses on changing ...

Now available in paperback, this book is a critical introduction to discourse analysis as it is practised in a variety of different disciplines today, from linguistics and sociolinguistics to sociology and cultural studies.

This accessible collection of essays addresses that need in developing a more rigorous and critical theoretical underpinning for what language awareness is and should do.

This exciting new text, co-written by bestselling author Norman Fairclough, is essential reading for researchers, upper undergraduate and postgraduate students of discourse analysis, within English language, linguistics, communication ...

This book will be of interest to students and researchers in applied linguistics, language and politics and discourse analysis.

This book draws together a rich variety of perspectives on discourse as a facet of contemporary social change, representing a number of different disciplines, theoretical positions and methods.

Written in a clear style and including a comprehensive glossary, "The Language of New Labour" should appeal to anyone interested in language or politics.