Language and Power : An Introduction to Institutional Discourse (Paperback)

Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Power, discourse and institutions, Andrea Mayr 2. Discourses of higher education: Enterprise and institutional change in the university, Andrea Mayr 3. Prison discourse: Enterprising managerialism in a total institution, Andrea Mayr 4. News discourse I: Understanding the social goings-on behind news texts, David Machin 5. News discourse II: Anti-racism and neo-liberalism in the British Regional Press, David Machin and Andrea Mayr 6. Defence discourse I: The visual institutionalization of discourses in war monuments, Gill Abousnnouga and David Machin 7. Defence discourse II: A corpus perspective on routine and rhetoric in defence discourse, Tony Bastow 8. Conclusion: Researching institutional discourse, Andrea Mayr with Tony Bastow Appendix References Index