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Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research

By Norman Fairclough

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2003
ISBN
9780415258920, 0415258928
LCC
H62 .F274 2003
Open Library ID
OL3565144M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1146511 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
197\197
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Analyzing Discourse is an accessible introduction to text and discourse analysis for all students and researchers seeking to use and investigate real language data. Students and researchers in the social sciences, as well as language specialists, often discover that they cannot get as much from texts, conversations or research interviews as they would like because they are unsure exactly how to analyze these language materials. This book helps all students and researchers who rely on real language data to get the most out of their resources. Drawing on a range of social theorists from Bourdieu to Habermas, as well as his own past research, Fairclough's book presents a form of language analysis with a consistently social perspective. His approach is illustrated by and investigated through a range of real texts, from political speeches and TV news reports to management consultancy reports and texts concerning globalization. The book is an essential resource seeking to analyze real texts and discourse.

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