Ebook: Analysing discourse : textual analysis for social research

This introductory textbook to discourse analysis provides a guide to using & investigating real language data. It draws on a range of social theorists from Bourdieu to Habermas & presents a consistently social perspective on language analysis. The discussion is illustrated with a range of real texts. Social Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Text Analysis -- Introduction -- Texts, Social Events, and Social Practices -- Intertextuality and Assumptions -- Genres and Action -- Genres -- Meaning Relations between Sentences and Clauses -- Types of Exchange, Speech Functions, and Grammatical Mood -- Discourses and Representations -- Discourses -- Representations of Social Events -- Styles and Identities -- Styles -- Modality and Evaluation -- Conclusion 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