The Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis: an Introduction

by Meriel Bloor, Thomas Bloor

This book provides an introduction to the aims, theories and practices of critical discourse analysis (CDA).
It is mainly concerned with the linguistic aspects of CDA. It provides an introduction to the different types of language analysis that are employed in CDA (frequency analysis, coversation, transitivity and reference, and figurative language, for example) and seeks to provide readers with the skills to apply them in different contexts to various types of political speeches, marketing pieces, literary works, advertising, multimedia persuasive texts, discourses on race, gender, and politics.

Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction, Language

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 26, 2007

Reviews

[Maryam Samiei]

تکراری بود به نظرم. ترجمه ی کتاب خیلی ضعیف بود و به همین خاطر به نظرم خوندنش برام خسته کننده شده بود. به علاوه خیلی مطالبش ابتدایی بود. ترجیح می دادم عمیق تر باشه

[Bookshire Cat]

Chapters 2, 3 and 4 read for class.

[Connie]

I had to read this for reference use in my thesis, so I'm counting it as part of my reading challenge.

[R]

Interesting intro to CDA. This book came in useful for my studies

[Ian Hammond]

Neo-liberal bologna.