This book provides structured and practical advice on analyzing language in research across the social sciences, for students and scholars alike. It is edited by the leading academic in the field, with international contributors. It addresses a wide variety of social sciences. I…
This book provides structured and practical advice on analyzing language in research across the social sciences, for students and scholars alike. It is edited by the leading academic in the field, with international contributors. It addresses a wide variety of social sciences. I…
Featuring structured and practical advice on analyzing language in research across the social sciences, this text addresses a wide variety of topics, providing clear examples and guidance to aid teaching and learning.
This book examines interactive electronic discourse, exposing use of language that has the immediacy characteristic of speech and the permanence characteristic of writing. The authors created an asynchronous mainframe conference for language and linguistics classes in which they…
This title offers an overview of the field of institutional discourse, introducing the key theorists. How language is used in institutions and the language of power are key concerns of both sociolinguistics and social theory. The ways in which individuals talk in institutional s…
A comprehensive introduction to language and power for upper level undergraduates and postgraduates, this title covers all the important issues within language and power, and the different approaches to analysing these issues.
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 fo…
"This systematic exploration of the emerging field of organizational discourse addresses both scholarly perspectives and empirical applications of the concepts. The interpretive, functional, critical, and structurational perspectives are examined in detail. Issues discussed incl…
