Includes bibliographical references (pages 558-581) and index.
Contents
Language, ideology and power -- Discourse and sociocultural change -- Dialectics of discourse : theoretical developments -- Methods in CDA research -- Political discourse -- Globalisation and "transition" -- Language and education.
Summary
Fairclough presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of discourse viewing language as a form of social practice and focusing on the ways social and political domination are reproduced by text and talk. He provides an historical overview to this important discipline and concentrates on cutting-edge research in the field.