Language and Power: An Introduction to Institutional Discourse by Andrea MayrMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Disclosure:
Actually I am not a fan of those heavy linguists, but this book was a task for me to search the relation between Power and Discourse. the result of my research was positive, but I didn't understand much of the run. I have an eBook copy of it if you want it.
Overview:
Andrea Mayr, as a Linguist, tries to make a distinction between Language and society in several situations, in the first chapter she speaks about Power, Discourse and institutions. in this part the writer make a gap of difference between the three elements in accordance to Language, The second part discusses the matter of Higher Institutions in relation to Language. after these relations, Andrea makes a shift and this time she put in Light the Prison discourse, followed by News discourse Part one and Part two. In the last part the writer sheds light on Defense discourse within two parts. following by a conclusion, between Andrea Mayr and Tony Bastow.
Positive and Negative Aspects:
The book is actually designed to students and specialist in the subject of Linguistics and Critical discourse analysis. at least those these audiences have some special tools to decode the meaning inside the book. For me as a literary reader, I didn't understand much of the meaning. The book was written in a simple language but most of the synonym have affiliation to a certain field in Linguistics, and that's the main obstacles behind my lack of Understanding this Book.
My Personal View:
I would not be so negative to criticize the book, actually I use much of its chapters in order to flourish my Project in critical discourse analysis. And I got some new information about the forefathers of Critical Discourse Analysis. and the relations between Language and Institutions, Though I would be grateful to the writer for being so clear in most of her Ideas.
Recommendations:
This book was actually a reference for my presentation in the subject of Pragmatics, though if you are a literature fan I don't recommend you to spend time reading it, otherwise Linguists are the only audience who can understand most of the ideas inside it.
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