"The book is an essential resource seeking to analyze real texts and discourse."--BOOK JACKET.

The discursive construction of identity is often under the control of the dominant forces in society and frequently results in forms of manipulation and abuse.

Bringing together papers written by Norman Fairclough over a 25 year period, Critical Discourse Analysis represents a comprehensive and important contribution t

This introductory textbook presents a variety of approaches and perspectives that can be employed to analyze any sample of discourse. The perspectives come from

The authors introduce the various theories, methods and applications associated with the sociolinguistic approach known as critical discourse analysis. The auth