Institutional Construction of Gamblers' Identities - A Critical Multi-method Discourse Study

This monograph is a pioneering discourse-oriented study on gambling. Adopting the approach of critical discourse analysis (CDA), it analyzes how gamblers' identities are constructed through discourse by social institutions. The data consist of newspaper forum letters, gamblers' monologues released by a state gambling regulatory agency, and materials on problem/pathological gambling published by medical professionals. Incorporating a variety of analytical frameworks from prior researchers into the study, the author offers concrete linguistic evidence on the essential complementary ontological presence of institutional power holders and the «docile bodies» (Foucault, 1977) for societal functioning and the maintenance of social stability.

List of contents

Literature Review - Research Methodology - Opening Scene: The Public Sphere - Juxtaposition as a Symbolic Resource for Public Governance - Diffusion of Specialized Knowledge from Experts to Novices - Conceptualizations of Gamblers and Gambling - Summary and Concluding Remarks

About the author

Ray C. H. Leung graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University with a PhD in Linguistics. His main academic interest is discourse analysis. With competence in Chinese, English, Spanish and German, Ray C. H. Leung is a multilingual researcher.

Product details

• Authors: Ray C. H. Leung, Ray C.H. Leung
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9783631737149
• ISBN: 978-3-631-73714-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 20 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Illustrations: 37 Abb.
• Series: Potsdam Linguistic Investigations / Potsdamer Linguistische Untersuchungen / Recherches Linguistiques à Potsdam; Potsdam Linguistic Investigations; Potsdam Linguistic Investigations / Potsdamer Linguistische Untersuchungen / Recherches Linguistiques à Potsdam; Potsdam Linguistic Investigations; Potsdam Linguistic Investigations / Potsdamer Linguistische Untersuchungen / Recherches Linguistique
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures