Mayr, Andrea,   1972- <br/><br/>
Language and power :   an introduction to institutional discourse / 
Andrea Mayr. 
 - London ;   New York :   Continuum,   c2008. 
 - vi, 204 p. :   ill. ;   24 cm. 
 - Advances in sociolinguistics .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-198) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : power, discourse and institutions / Andrea Mayr -- Di scourses of higher education : enterprise and institutional change in t he university / Andrea Mayr -- Prison discourse : enterprising manageri alism in a total institution / Andrea Mayr -- News discourse I : unders tanding the social goings-on behind news texts / David Machin -- News d iscourse II : anti-racism and neo-liberalism in the British regional pr ess / David Machin and Andrea Mayr -- Defence discourse I : the visual institutionalization of discourses in war monuments / Gill Abousnnouga and David Machin -- Defence discourse II : a corpus perspective on rout ine and rhetoric in defence discourse / Tony Bastow -- Conclusion : res earching institutional discourse / Andrea Mayr with Tony Bastow. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780826487445 (pbk.) 9780826487438 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Sociolinguistics.<br/> Power (Social sciences)<br/> Language policy.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.44