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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Paul Simpson (University of Liverpool) , Andrea Mayr (Queen's University Belfast, UK) , Simon Statham (Queen's University Belfast, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: 2nd edition Weight: 0.560kg ISBN: 9781138569232ISBN 10: 1138569232 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 13 November 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents cross-referenced List of illustrations Transcription conventions Acknowledgements A Introduction: Key topics in the study of language and power 1 Language and power 2 The discourse of institutions and organisations 3 Power and talk 4 Language and gender 5 Language and race 6 Humour, language and power 7 Language and the law 8 Language and advertising 9 Language in the new capitalism 10 Language and politics 11 The discourse of social media 12 The discourse of ‘post-truth’ B Development: Approaches to the study of language and power 1 Critical Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis 2 Registers of discourse 3 Studying spoken discourse 4 Gender and power: using the transitivity model 5 The representation of social actors 6 The discourse of humour and irony 7 Developments in forensic discourse analysis 8 Advertising discourse: methods for analysis 9 Language and new capitalism: developments 10 Studying political discourse: developments 11 The language of a social media campaign 12 Post-truth and Critical Linguistics C Exploration: Analysing language and power 1 Beginning analysis 2 Exploring register and ideology 3 Power and resistance in spoken discourse 4 Analysing gender 5 A workshop on the representation of social actors 6 Analysing humour and power 7 Exploring forensic texts 8 Analysing advertisements 9 Analysing the language of new capitalism 10 Analysing political discourse 11 Tweeting politics 12 ‘Truth’ and Mediated Reactions D Extension: Readings in language and power 1 Critical Linguistics (Roger Fowler and Gunther Kress) 2 Bureaucracy and social control (Srikant Sarangi and Stefaan Slembrouck) 3 Power and resistance in police interviews (Kate Haworth) 4 Masculinity and men’s magazines (Bethan Benwell) 5 Discourse and the denial of racism (Teun van Dijk) 6 Humour and hatred (Michael Billig) 7 Forensic Linguistics (Malcom Coulthard) 8 Language, style and lifestyle (David Machin and Theo van Leeuwen) 9 Language in the global service economy (Deborah Cameron) 10 Critical metaphor analysis (Jonathan Charteris-Black) 11 Social media online campaigns (Innocent Chiluwa and Presley Ifukor) 12 Populism and post-truth politics (Robin Lakoff) Further reading References Author index Glossarial indexReviews""This new edition is an invaluable resource for students of language and power. It gives a clear and concise introduction to theoretical issues of language and power, a full range of tools for analysing texts and discourse, and excellent examples which illustrate how to apply these tools. The new sections on 'tweeting politics', 'truth’ and ‘mediated relations' and the inclusion of a new reading on 'Populism and post-truth politics' by Robin Lakoff are welcome additions which bring the book right up to date with contemporary concerns."" Michael Farrelly, University of Hull, UK ""The addition of new chapters on the language of social media and the discourse of post-truth, as well as the revamping of many of the example texts, all packaged in the innovative four strand 2D structure, make this an outstanding textbook for students of language and discourse studies... a much-needed toolkit for critically analysing many of the important national and international issues of the day."" Paul McIlvenny, Aalborg University, Denmark This new edition is an invaluable resource for students of language and power. It gives a clear and concise introduction to theoretical issues of language and power, a full range of tools for analysing texts and discourse, and excellent examples which illustrate how to apply these tools. The new sections on 'tweeting politics', 'truth' and `mediated relations' and the inclusion of a new reading on 'Populism and post-truth politics' by Robin Lakoff are welcome additions which bring the book right up to date with contemporary concerns. Michael Farrelly, University of Hull, UK The addition of new chapters on the language of social media and the discourse of post-truth, as well as the revamping of many of the example texts, all packaged in the innovative four strand 2D structure, make this an outstanding textbook for students of language and discourse studies... a much-needed toolkit for critically analysing many of the important national and international issues of the day. Paul McIlvenny, Aalborg University, Denmark Author InformationPaul Simpson is Professor of English Language and Head of English at the University of Liverpool, UK, where he teaches and researches in stylistics, pragmatics, critical linguistics and related fields of study. Andrea Mayr is Lecturer in Modern English Language and Linguistics at Queen's University Belfast, UK, where she teaches and researches in media discourse and in multimodal critical discourse analysis. Simon Statham is Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, where he teaches and researches in stylistics, critical linguistics and language and the law. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |