Analysing Discourse - Norman Fairclough

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.