Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language (Language in Social Life)

This book brings together work on critical discourse analysis to explore language in power and ideology. Divided into four sections, the first examines the development of an analytical framework for researching language in relation to power and ideology. The second section deals with the theme of discourse and contemporary social and cultural change, and the use of a critical discourse analysis analysis frmaework in the studyof change. Chapters in the third section address discourse analysis based outside language studies, arguing for the use of textual analysis in discourse analysis as a method of social research. The final section is concerned with critical language awareness, educational applications of critical discourse analysis within language programmes in schools and educational institutions. "This book brings together work on critical discourse analysis written by Norman Fairclough between 1983 and 1992, which represents important contributions to the development of this increasingly popular area of study." "The contents of the book are grouped in four sections. The first section examines the development of an analytical framework for researching language in relation to power and ideology. The second deals with the theme of discourse and contemporary social and cultural change, and the use of a critical discourse analysis framework in the study of change. Chapters in the third section mainly address discourse analysis based outside language studies, arguing for the use of textual analysis in discourse analysis as a method of social research. The final section is concerned with critical language awareness, educational applications of critical discourse analysis within language programmes in schools and educational institutions." "Critical Discourse Analysis will be of value to researchers in the subject as well as being essential reading for advanced undergraduate and MA students of Linguistics on courses in discourse analysis and the sociology of language."--Jacket Contents 6 General Editor's Preface 8 Acknowledgements 13 General Introduction 15 SECTION A: LANGUAGE, IDEOLOGY AND POWER 35 Introduction 37 1. Critical and descriptive goals in discourse analysis 41 2. Discourse representation in media discourse 68 3. Language and ideology 84 SECTION B: DISCOURSE AND SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGE 99 Introduction 101 4. Discourse, change and hegemony 105 5. What might we mean by 'enterprise discourse'? 126 6. Critical discourse analysis and the marketization of public discourse: the universities 144 7. Ideology and identity change in political television 181 SECTION C: TEXTUAL ANALYSIS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH 197 Introduction 199 8. Discourse and text: linguistic and intertextual analysis within discourse analysis 201 SECTION D: CRITICAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS 229 Introduction 231 9. Critical language awareness and self-identity in education 233 10. The appropriacy of 'appropriateness' 247 Bibliography and references 267 Index 277