Social Movement Discourse - An Introduction

This is both the first systematic introduction to Discourse Studies for students and scholars of social movements and a study of discourses on the European "refugee crisis", by leading theorist, Teun A. van Dijk.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Social Movements and Refugees 3. Social Movements and the Communicative Context 4. A Repertoire of Social Movement Discourse Genres 5. The Words of Social Movements 6. Social Movements and Grammar 7. Social Movements and Semantics 8. Social Movements and Style 9. Social Movements and Rhetoric 10. Social Movements and Argumentation 11. Social Movements and Storytelling 12. Social Movements and Multimodality 13. Social Movements and Pragmatics 14. Social Movements and Talk-in-Interaction

About the author

Teun A. van Dijk is Founding Director of the Centre of Discourse Studies, Barcelona, and one of the founders of critical discourse studies. Key publications include Antiracist discourse in Brazil and Antiracist Discourse. Theory and History of a Macromovement.

Summary

This is both the first systematic introduction to Discourse Studies for students and scholars of social movements and a study of discourses on the European "refugee crisis", by leading theorist, Teun A. van Dijk.

Product details

• Authors: Teun A van Dijk, Teun A. Van Dijk, Teun A. (Universitat Pompeu Fabra Van Dijk
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032596242
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259624-2
• No. of pages: 404
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Discourse Analysis, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Politics and government, Semiotics / semiology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity