Discourse and Crisis : Critical Perspectives /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Description:1 online resource ([vii], 498 pages)
Language:English
Series:Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture ; v. 52
Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 52.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11210449
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Other authors / contributors:Rycker, Antoon De.
Zuraidah Mohd Don.
ISBN:9789027270924
9027270929
1306137853
9781306137850
9789027206435
9027206430
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary:Discourse and Crisis: Critical perspectives brings together an exciting collection of studies into crisis as text and context, as unfolding process and unresolved problem. Crisis is viewed as a complex phenomenon that - in its prevalence, disruptiveness and (appearance of) inevitability - is both socially produced and discursively constituted. The book offers multiple critical perspectives: in-depth linguistically informed analyses of the discourses of power and collaboration implicated in crisis construal and recovery; detailed examination of the critical role that language plays during the c.
Other form:Print version: Discourse and crisis. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 9789027206435