Language and power : a resource book for students /: a resource book for students. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Simpson, Andrea Mayr and Simon Statham.
• Authors: Simpson, Paul, 1959-; Mayr, Andrea, 1972-; Statham, Simon
• Contents: Contents 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 index
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 306.44; Sociolinguistics; Power (Social sciences); Language and languages -- Political aspects; Discourse analysis
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429889127; 9780429889134; 9780429889110; 9780429468896
• Related ISBNs: 9781138569270; 9781138569232
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