Language and power an introduction to institutional discourse / Andrea Mayr.

Author/creator Mayr, Andrea, 1972-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Continuum,
Descriptionvi, 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesAdvances in sociolinguistics
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 186-198) and index.
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ISBN9780826487445 (pbk.)
ISBN9780826487438

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