Overview

This volume is concerned with the discourse of history, from the complementary perspectives of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Systematic Functional Linguistics (SFL) - covering a range of discourse about the past, including discourses of the academic discipline of history. It deals with the construction of time and value in a post-colonial (and post-WWII) world where discourses of or about history and the past are central to on-going processes of reconciliation, debates on war crimes and restitution. It also brings to this analysis two leading analytical paradigms (CDA/SFL) as far as critical linguistic interpretation is concerned. The book also fills an important gap in register analysis; compared with the analysis of science discourse for example, work on historical discourse is relatively diffuse.

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Author:   J.R. Martin (University of Sydney) ,  Ruth Wodak (University of Vienna)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   8
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9789027226983

ISBN 10:   9027226989
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   17 November 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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This volume provides multiple models of approaching historical discourse from a critical perspective, enabling the comparison and evaluation of different approaches to data and frameworks for analysis, as well as encouraging dialogue between CDA and SFL. It is a valuable resource for understanding how texts and contexts interact in the construction of evaluation and interpretation in history. -- Mary J. Schleppegrell, University of California, Davis, USA, in Discourse Studies Vol. 7:3 (2005)

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