ABSTRACT

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.

Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ‘two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections – introduction, development, exploration and extension – which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained.

Language and Power, Second Edition has been completely revised and updated and includes:

  • a comprehensive survey of the ways in which language intersects and connects with the social, cultural and political aspects of power;
  • an introduction to the history of the field, covering all the major approaches, theoretical concepts and methods of analysis in this important and developing area of academic study;
  • coverage of all the ‘traditional’ topics, such as race, gender and institutional power, but also newer topics such as the discourse of post-truth, and the power of social media;
  • readings from works by seminal figures in the field, such as Robin Lakoff, Deborah Cameron and Teun van Dijk;
  • real texts and examples throughout, including advertisements from cosmetics companies; newspaper articles and headlines; websites and internet media; and spoken dialogues such as political and presidential speeches;
  • a supporting companion website that aims to challenge students at a more advanced level and which features extra reading, exercises, follow-up activities, and suggestions for further work.

Language and Power will be essential reading for students studying English language or linguistics.

part Section A|56 pages

Introduction:

chapter A1|5 pages

Language and Power

chapter A3|5 pages

Power and Talk

chapter A4|6 pages

Language and Gender

chapter A5|6 pages

Language and Race

chapter A6|6 pages

Humour, Language and Power

chapter A7|5 pages

Language and the Law

chapter A8|4 pages

Language and Advertising

chapter A9|5 pages

Language in the New Capitalism

chapter A10|7 pages

Language and Politics

chapter A11|5 pages

The Discourse of Social Media

chapter A12|4 pages

The Discourse of ’Post-Truth’

part Section B|68 pages

Development:

chapter B2|5 pages

Registers of Discourse

chapter B3|5 pages

Studying Spoken Discourse

chapter B5|4 pages

The Representation of Social Actors

chapter B6|5 pages

The Discourse of Humour and Irony

chapter B8|11 pages

Advertising Discourse: Methods for Analysis

chapter B9|7 pages

Language and New Capitalism: Developments

chapter B10|5 pages

Studying Political Discourse: Developments

chapter B11|6 pages

The Language of a Social Media Campaign

chapter B12|5 pages

Post-Truth and Critical Linguistics

part Section C|43 pages

Exploration:

chapter C1|9 pages

Beginning Analysis

chapter C2|2 pages

Exploring Register and Ideology

chapter C3|6 pages

Power and Resistance in Spoken Discourse

chapter C4|6 pages

Analysing Gender

chapter C6|3 pages

Analysing Humour and Power

chapter C7|5 pages

Exploring Forensic Texts

chapter C8|2 pages

Analysing Advertisements

chapter C9|3 pages

Analysing the Language of New Capitalism

chapter C10|4 pages

Analysing Political Discourse

chapter C11|3 pages

Tweeting Politics

chapter C12|3 pages

‘Truth’ and Mediated Reactions

part Section D|80 pages

Extension:

chapter D1|6 pages

Critical Linguistics

chapter D2|7 pages

Bureaucracy and Social Control

chapter D3|9 pages

Power and Resistance in Police Interviews

chapter D4|8 pages

Masculinity and Men's Magazines

chapter D5|7 pages

Discourse and the Denial of Racism

chapter D6|8 pages

Humour and Hatred

chapter D7|7 pages

Forensic Linguistics

chapter D8|6 pages

Language, Style and Lifestyle

chapter D9|7 pages

Language in the Global Service Economy

chapter D10|8 pages

Critical Metaphor Analysis

chapter D11|6 pages

Social Media Online Campaigns

chapter D12|7 pages

Populism and Post-Truth Politics