1st Edition

Analysing Discourse Textual Analysis for Social Research

By Norman Fairclough Copyright 2003
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    278 Pages
    by Routledge

    Analysing Discourse is an accessible introductory textbook for all students and researchers working with real language data.

    Drawing on a range of social theorists from Bourdieu to Habermas, as well as his own research, Norman Fairclough's book presents a form of language analysis with a consistently social perspective. His approach is illustrated by and investigated through a range of real texts, from written texts, to a TV debate about the monarchy and a radio broadcast about the Lockerbie bombing. The student-friendly book also offers accessible summaries, an appendix of example texts, and a glossary of terms and key theorists.

    Part 1: Social Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Text Analysis  1. Introduction  2. Texts, Social Events, and Social Practices  3. Intertextuality and Assumptions  Part 2: Genres and Action  4. Genres  5. Meaning Relations between Sentences and Clauses  6. Types of Exchange, Speech Functions, and Grammatical Mood  Part 3: Discourses and Representations  7. Discourses  8. Representations of Social Events  Part 4: Styles and Identities  9. Styles  10. Modality and Evaluation  11. Conclusion

    Biography

    Norman Fairclough

    'This is a through and detailed introduction to textual analysis which will benefit those to whom it is mainly directed: students and researchers in social science and humanities. - escalate