The Language and Politics of Exclusion: Others in Discourse

Book Overview

This new volume brings together articles that apply critical discourse analysis to texts and speech that contributes to the marginalization of minority groups. Studying both the fine details of language use and the political values implicated by word choice, the contributors examine how an "us versus them" division is played out in a wide array of cultural settings. Among the groups considered are immigrants in Western Europe, African Americans, African...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761907297
• ISBN13: 9780761907299
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 9.2"