Title: Language and power : an introduction to institutional discourse /
Authors: Mayr, Andrea, 1972-
Publisher: Continuum,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Sociolinguistics.; Power (Social sciences); Language policy.
Abstract: 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.
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 -- New 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.