Discourse and Social Change
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- Synopsis
- This book is a critical introduction to discourse analysis as it is practiced in a variety of different disciplines today, from linguistics and sociolinguistics to sociology and cultural studies. The author shows how concern with the analysis of discourse can be combined, in a systematic and fruitful way, with an interest in broader problems of social analysis and social change. Fairclough provides a concise and critical review of the methods and results of discourse analysis, discussing the descriptive work of linguists and conversation analysts as well as the more historically and theoretically oriented work of Michel Foucault. He develops an original framework for discourse analysis which firmly situates discourse in a broader context of social relations bringing together text analysis, the analysis of processes of text production and interpretation, and the social analysis of discourse events.
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 267 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780745612188
- Publisher:
- Polity Press
- Date of Addition:
- 01/29/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Norman Fairclough
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Language Arts, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.