Language and power: an introduction to institutional discourse

by Mayr, Andrea

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Language and power : an introduction to institutional discourse / Andrea Mayr.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:c2008.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Continuum
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:c2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:vi, 204 p. : : ill.

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:on1200897094
  • LC Classification:P40
  • Dewey Decimal:306.44

Table of Contents

Introduction : power, discourse and institutions / Andrea Mayr -- Discourses of higher education : enterprise and institutional change in the university / Andrea Mayr -- Prison discourse : enterprising managerialism in a total institution / Andrea Mayr -- News discourse I : understanding the social goings-on behind news texts / David Machin -- News discourse II : anti-racism and neo-liberalism in the British regional press / David Machin and Andrea Mayr -- Defence discourse I : the visual institutionalization of discourses in war monuments / Gill Abousnnouga and David Machin -- Defence discourse II : a corpus perspective on routine and rhetoric in defence discourse / Tony Bastow -- Conclusion : researching institutional discourse / Andrea Mayr with Tony Bastow.

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Subjects

Language policy Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) Power (Social sciences) sociolinguistics Sociolinguistique

Writers

Mayr, Andrea

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