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Discourse : [Book] : a critical introduction / Jan Blommaert.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Key topics in sociolinguisticsPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: xiii, 299 pages. : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0521828171
  • 052153531X (paperback)
  • 9780521828178 (hardback)
  • 9780521535311 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401.41 22
LOC classification:
  • P302.84 .B585 2005
Other classification:
  • 401.41
Online resources: Summary: Organized thematically, this introduction outlines the basic principles and moves on to examine the methods and theory of CDA (critical discourse analysis). Topics covered include text and context, language and inequality, choice and determination, history and process, ideology and identity. Jan Blommaert focuses on how language can offer a crucial understanding of wider aspects of power relations, arguing that CDA should specifically analyze the effects of power.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-273) and index.

Organized thematically, this introduction outlines the basic principles and moves on to examine the methods and theory of CDA (critical discourse analysis). Topics covered include text and context, language and inequality, choice and determination, history and process, ideology and identity. Jan Blommaert focuses on how language can offer a crucial understanding of wider aspects of power relations, arguing that CDA should specifically analyze the effects of power.

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