Language and power /
Norman Fairclough.
- Harlow : Longman, 1989, c1988.
- [240]p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
An examination of how language functions in maintaining and changing power relations in modern society. It discusses ways of analyzing language which can reveal these processes, how people become more conscious of them, and more able to resist and change them.
9780582009769 (pbk) : £7.95 0582009766
Sociolinguistics. Discourse analysis--Social aspects Discourse analysis. Sociolinguistics Psycholinguistics Communication studies