In this accessible new textbook, Isabela and Norman Fairclough present their innovative approach to analysing political discourse. Political Discourse Analysis

Systemic Functional Political Discourse Analysis: A Text-based Study is the first book which takes a comprehensive systemic functional perspective on political

The authors focus on the analysis of language (possibly in conjunction with other semiotic systems) in course of our lives as citizens of established polities o

This is an essential read for anyone interested in the way language is used in the world of politics. Based on Aristotle's premise that we are all political ani

This book constitutes a significant contribution to political discourse analysis and to the study of silence, both from the point of view of discourse analysis