Drawing on a range of social theorists from Bourdieu to Habermas, as well as his own past research, Fairclough's book presents a form of language analysis with a consistently social perspective. His approach is illustrated by and investigated through a range of real texts.

This text covers four main areas: Language, Ideology and Power ; Discourse and Sociocultural Change ; Textual Analysis in Social Research ; and Critical Language Awareness .

This book sets out to show that critical discourse analysis is strongly positioned to address empirical research and theory-building across the social sciences, particularly research and theory on the semiotic/linguistic aspects of the social world.

Presents an approach to language awareness based upon critical theories of language and language education. This text consists of 13 essays with contributions from both theorists and practitioners on subjects such as language in multicultural education and English as a foreign language.

This introduction to critical discourse analysis has been updated to take account of changing power relations in contemporary society. This edition includes a new chapter covering the globalization of power relations and the development of the internet in relation to language and power.

A critical introduction to discourse analysis as it is practised in a variety of different disciplines today, from linguistics to sociology. The author shows how concern with the analysis of discourse can be combined with an interest in broader problems of social analysis and social change.

This accessible introduction to text and discourse analysis will help all students and researchers who rely on real language data to get the most out of their resources.

Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of discourse which views language as a form of social practice and focuses on the ways social and political domination is reproduced by text and talk. Norman Fairclough's classic book on CDA, now in a long-awaited new edition, provides an historical overview to this important discipline and focuses on cutting-edge ...

The first book on this subject, New Labour, New Language?is a critique of New Labour and its policies via an in-depth analysis of the language and rhetoric employed by Tony Blair and his spin doctors.

Explores the effects of language in the processes of globalization. This book covers areas such as globalization and language: review of academic; literature; discourses of globalization; the media, mediation and globalization; and, globalization, war and terrorism. It is useful for students and researchers in applied linguistics.

The study of media language is important both for media studies and for discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book focuses on changing practices of media discourse in relation to processes of social and cultural change. It explores the tensions between public and private in the media and the tensions between information and entertainment.

The first book on this subject, New Labour, New Language? is a critique of New Labour and its policies via an in-depth analysis of the language and rhetoric employed by Tony Blair and his spin doctors.

The first book on this subject, New Labour, New Language?is a critique of New Labour and its policies via an in-depth analysis of the language and rhetoric employed by Tony Blair and his spin doctors.

Explores the effects of language in the processes of globalization. This book covers areas such as globalization and language: review of academic; literature; discourses of globalization; the media, mediation and globalization; and, globalization, war and terrorism. It is useful for students and researchers in applied linguistics.