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Language and power : an introduction to institutional discourse

Offers students with an overview of the field of institutional discourse, introducing the key theorists including Foucault, Habermas, Weber, Giddens, Althusser and Gramsci, among others. This book covers a range of institutional contexts including the workplace, the media, prison, courtroom and academia.
Print Book, English, cop. 2008
Continuum, London, cop. 2008
VI, 204 p. : il. ; 25 cm.
9780826487438, 9780826487445, 0826487432, 0826487440
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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