Language and Power introduces the ways in which language intersects with the social and political expressions of power. It includes ‘traditional’ topics in the study of language and power, such as race, gender and class, but also covers the more recent themes in critical linguistics.

Contents cross-referencedList of illustrationsTranscription conventionsAcknowledgementsA Introduction: Key topics in the study of language and power1 Language and power2 The discourse of institutions and organisations3 Power and talk4 Language and gender5 Language and race6 Humour, language and power7 Language and the law8 Language and advertising9 Language in the new capitalism10 Language and politics11 The discourse of social media12 The discourse of ‘post-truth’B Development: Approaches to the study of language and power1 Critical Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis2 Registers of discourse 3 Studying spoken discourse4 Gender and power: using the transitivity model5 The representation of social actors6 The discourse of humour and irony7 Developments in forensic discourse analysis8 Advertising discourse: methods for analysis9 Language and new capitalism: developments10 Studying political discourse: developments11 The language of a social media campaign12 Post-truth and Critical LinguisticsC Exploration: Analysing language and power1 Beginning analysis2 Exploring register and ideology3 Power and resistance in spoken discourse4 Analysing gender5 A workshop on the representation of social actors6 Analysing humour and power7 Exploring forensic texts8 Analysing advertisements9 Analysing the language of new capitalism10 Analysing political discourse11 Tweeting politics12 ‘Truth’ and Mediated ReactionsD Extension: Readings in language and power1 Critical Linguistics (Roger Fowler and Gunther Kress)2 Bureaucracy and social control (Srikant Sarangi and Stefaan Slembrouck) 3 Power and resistance in police interviews (Kate Haworth)4 Masculinity and men’s magazines (Bethan Benwell)5 Discourse and the denial of racism (Teun van Dijk)6 Humour and hatred (Michael Billig)7 Forensic Linguistics (Malcom Coulthard)8 Language, style and lifestyle (David Machin and Theo van Leeuwen)9 Language in the global service economy (Deborah Cameron)10 Critical metaphor analysis (Jonathan Charteris-Black)11 Social media online campaigns (Innocent Chiluwa and Presley Ifukor)12 Populism and post-truth politics (Robin Lakoff)Further readingReferencesAuthor indexGlossarial index

"This new edition is an invaluable resource for students of language and power. It gives a clear and concise introduction to theoretical issues of language and power, a full range of tools for analysing texts and discourse, and excellent examples which illustrate how to apply these tools. The new sections on 'tweeting politics', 'truth’ and ‘mediated relations' and the inclusion of a new reading on 'Populism and post-truth politics' by Robin Lakoff are welcome additions which bring the book right up to date with contemporary concerns."Michael Farrelly, University of Hull, UK"The addition of new chapters on the language of social media and the discourse of post-truth, as well as the revamping of many of the example texts, all packaged in the innovative four strand 2D structure, make this an outstanding textbook for students of language and discourse studies... a much-needed toolkit for critically analysing many of the important national and international issues of the day." Paul McIlvenny, Aalborg University, Denmark