Discourse in Late Modernity: Rethinking Critical Discourse Analysis - Brossura

Chouliaraki, Lilie; Fairclough, Norman

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ISBN 10: 0748610820 ISBN 13: 9780748610822

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 1999

Riassunto

Discourse in Late Modernity sets out to show that critical discourse analysis is strongly positioned to address empirical research and theory-building across the social sciences, particularly research and theory on the semiotic/linguistic aspects of the social world. It situates critical discourse analysis as a form of critical social research in relation to diverse theories from the philosophy of science to social theory and from political science to sociology and linguistics. First, the authors clarify the ontological and epistemological assumptions of critical discourse analysis - its view of what the social world consists of and how to study it - and, in so doing, point to the connections between critical discourse analysis and critical social scientific research more generally. Secondly, they relate critical discourse analysis to social theory, by creating a research agenda in contemporary social life on the basis of narratives of late modernity, particularly those of Giddens, Habermas, and

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L'autore:

Lilie Chouliaraki is Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen Norman Fairclough is Professor of Language in Social Life at the Lancaster University

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0748610820
• ISBN 13: 9780748610822
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224