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Language and power : an introduction to institutional discourse / Andrea Mayr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayr, Andrea, 1972-
- Series:
- Advances in sociolinguistics.
- Advances in sociolinguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociolinguistics.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Language policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How language is used in institutions and how institutions generate language is a key concern of both sociolinguistics and social theory. This readable and comprehensive introduction to language and power in institutions combines theoretical reflection with a strong analytical focus. Covering a range of institutional discourses and settings, each chapter in Language and Power closely examines institutional discourse practices and provides detailed steps to the critical analysis of institutional discourse both linguistic and multimodal. This book is a long overdue contribution to the analysis of
- Contents:
- Introduction : power, discourse and institutions / Andrea Mayr
- Discourses of higher education : enterprise and institutional change in the university / Andrea Mayr
- Prison discourse : enterprising managerialism in a total institution / Andrea Mayr
- News discourse I : understanding the social goings-on behind news texts / David Machin
- News discourse II : anti-racism and neo-liberalism in the British regional press / David Machin and Andrea Mayr
- Defence discourse I : the visual institutionalization of discourses in war monuments / Gill Abousnnouga and David Machin
- Defence discourse II : a corpus perspective on routine and rhetoric in defence discourse / Tony Bastow
- Conclusion : researching institutional discourse / Andrea Mayr with Tony Bastow.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612452536
- 9781441104175
- 1441104178
- 9781282452534
- 1282452533
- 9780826438171
- 0826438172
- OCLC:
- 647854435
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