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Author Mayr, Andrea, 1972-

Title Language and power [electronic resource] : an introduction to institutional discourse / Andrea Mayr.

Imprint London ; New York : Continuum, c2008.

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Description vi, 204 p. : ill.
Series Advances in sociolinguistics
Advances in sociolinguistics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-198) and index.
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 -- News 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Sociolinguistics.
Power (Social sciences)
Language policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780826487445 (pbk.)
9780826487438

 
    
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