Language and Control

ISBN-13: 9781138352858 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 228 str.

Roger Fowler; Bob Hodge; Gunther Kress

Opis

Originally published in 1979. This book studies how language expresses and helps regulate all social relationships. It argues for a critical linguistics capable of exposing distortion and mystification in language, and introduces some basic tools for a do-it-yourself analysis of language, ideology and control.

Spis treści

Preface  1. Orwellian Linguistics Bob Hodge and Roger Fowler  2. Rules and Regulations Roger Fowler and Gunther Kress  3. The Social Values of Speech and Writing Gunther Kress  4. Interviews Gunther Kress and Roger Fowler  5. The Ideology of Middle Management Bob Hodge, Gunther Kress and Gareth Jones  6. Theory and Ideology at Work Tony Trew  7. ‘What the Papers Say’: Linguistic Variation and Ideological Difference Tony Trew  8. Newspapers and Communities Bob Hodge  9. Birth and the Community Bob Hodge  10. Critical Linguistics Roger Fowler and Gunther Kress

O autorze

Bob Hodge, Roger Fowler, Gunther Kress, Tony Trew