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 | | Discourse and Social Change by Norman Fairclough ISBN-10: 9780745612188 ISBN-10: 0-7456-1218-0 ISBN-13: 9780745612188 ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-1218-8 Paperback 1993-06-14 Polity Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Now available in paperback, this book is a critical introduction to discourse analysis as it is practised in a variety of different disciplines today, from linguistics and sociolinguistics to sociology and cultural studies. The author shows how concern with the analysis of discourse can be combined, in a systematic and fruitful way, with an interest in broader problems of social analysis and social change. Fairclough provides a concise and critical review of the methods and results of discourse analysis, discussing the descriptive work of linguists and conversation analysts as well as the more historically and theoretically oriented work of Michel Foucault. He develops an original framework for discourse analysis which firmly situates discourse in a broader context of social relations bringing together text analysis, the analysis of processes of text production and interpretation, and the social analysis of discourse events. | ||
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A Comprehensive Introduction to DA If you're looking for something practical and accessible, and you know next to nothing about Discourse Analysis, this book should be a perfect introduction to this subject. The first chapters give you a great insight on the development of different approaches to discourse, and it focuses on Critical Discourse Analysis later on. It's not difficult to understand what Fairclough is saying, in spite of the depth of what's being addressed in this book. I believe it is a great read for anyone interested on discourse, intertextuality, and the like. | ||