Language And Power Offers A Comprehensive Survey Of The Ways In Which Language Intersects And Connects With The Social, Cultural And Political Aspects Of Power; Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To The History Of The Field, And Covers All The Major Approaches, Theoretical Concepts And Methods Of Analysis In This Important And Developing Area Of Academic Study; Covers All The 'traditional' Topics, Such As Race, Gender And Institutional Power, But Also Incorporates Newer Material From Forensic Discourse Analysis, The Discourse Of New Capitalism And The Study Of Humour As Power; Includes Readings From Works By Seminal Figures In The Field, Such As Roger Fowler, Deborah Cameron And Teun Van Dijk; Uses Real Texts And Examples Throughout, Including Advertisements From Cosmetics Companies; Newspaper Articles And Headlines; Websites And Internet Media; And Spoken Dialogues Such As A Transcription From The Obama And Mccain Presidential Debate; And Is Accompanied By A Supporting Website That Aims To Challenge Students At A More Advanced Level And Features A Complete Four-unit Chapter Which Includes Activities, A Reading And Suggestions For Further Work. Language And Power Will Be Essential Reading For Students Studying English Language Or Linguistics.--jacket. Introduction: Key Topics In The Study Of Language And Power -- Language And Power -- The Discourse Of Institutions And Organizations -- Power And Talk -- Language And Gender -- Language And Race -- Humour, Language And Power -- Language And The Law -- Language And Advertising -- Language In The New Capitalism -- Language And Politics -- Development: Approaches To The Study Of Language And Power -- Critical Linguistics And Critical Discourse Analysis -- Registers Of Discourse -- Studying Spoken Discourse -- Gender And Power: Using The Transitivity Model -- The Representation Of Social Actors -- The Discourse Of Humour And Irony -- Developments In Forensic Discourse Analysis -- Advertising Discourse: Methods For Analysis -- Language And New Capitalism: Developments -- Studying Political Discourse: Developments -- Exploration: Analysing Language And Power -- Beginning Analysis -- Exploring Register And Ideology -- Power And Resistance In Spoken Discourse -- Analysing Gender --^ A Workshop On The Representation Of Social Actors -- Analysing Humour And Power -- Exploring Forensic Texts -- Analysing Advertisements -- Analysing The Language Of New Capitalism -- Analysing Political Discourse -- Extension: Readings In Language And Power -- Critical Linguistics / Roger Fowler And Gunther Kress -- Bureaucracy And Social Control / Srikant Sarangi And Stefaan Slembrouck -- Power And Resistance In Police Interviews / Kate Haworth -- Masculinity And Men's Magazines / Bethan Benwell -- Discourse And The Denial Of Racism / Teun Van Dijk -- Humour And Hatred / Michael Billig -- Forensic Linguistics / Malcolm Coulthard -- Language Style And Lifestyle (david Machin And Theo Van Leeuwen) -- Language In The Global Service Economy / Deborah Cameron -- Critical Metaphor Analysis / Jonathan Charteris-black -- Web Strand -- Evaluation And Re-evaluation: Stuyding Language And Power -- Language And Power: Extending The Analysis --^ Practising Corpus-assisted Critical Discourse Analysis -- Speaking Sincerely / Martin Montgomery. Paul Simpson And Andrea Mayr. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.