"The book is an essential resource seeking to analyze real texts and discourse."--BOOK JACKET.

A comprehensive introduction to all the major research approaches to religious language, from a variety of linguistic perspectives.

"Providing both the practical steps for doing discourse analysis and the theoretical justifications for these steps, this book is for students and researchers u

A systematic introduction to discourse analysis as a body of theories and methods for social research. Introduces three approaches and explains the distinctive

The discursive construction of identity is often under the control of the dominant forces in society and frequently results in forms of manipulation and abuse.