Investigating Media Discourse explores spoken interactions in the media, drawing on contemporary sources from the English speaking world including chat shows, r

In this challenging and at times controversial book, Ronald Carter addresses the discourse of 'English' as a subject of teaching and learning. Among the key top

Intimate discourse – that between couples, family and close friends in private, non-professional settings – lies at the heart of our everyday linguistic exp

Meaning in the Media addresses the issue of how we should respond to competing claims about meaning put forward in confrontations between people or organisation

Maurizio Gotti analyses the various features of specialized discourse in order to assess its degree of specificity and diversification, as compared to general l