Discourse: A Critical Introduction

By Jan Blommaert

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521828171
• ISBN13: 9780521828178
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"