It is fair to say that, with only a few exceptions (see further B6), the analysis of humor-ous language has not been a feature of Critical Linguistics (CL) or Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Indeed, many readers of this Strand might be pu...

This book is about the ways in which language intersects with the social and political reflexes of power. Over the last forty years, scholars working in Linguistics, English Language and related fields of study have become ever more interest...

In this unit we intend to look more closely at the interconnections between humour and power, and explore some of the terms, categories and distinctions set up in unit A6. In particular, we want to develop some criteria for the analysis of i...

In this unit we want to highlight some of the important issues that have come to the fore in forensic discourse analysis and to introduce some of the techniques and methods which have been employed by linguists in their capacity as ‘expert...