The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics - Paperback

by Ruth Wodak (Editor), Bernhard Forchtner (Editor)

This book provides a comprehensive overview of this core and dynamic area of study, allowing readers to access important dimensions of the language/politics interface from socio-theoretical frameworks to methodological approaches and from important genres of political action to salient and challenging contemporary debates.

Author Biography

Ruth Wodak is Emerita Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University, UK; she remains affiliated to the University of Vienna, Austria.

Bernhard Forchtner is a Lecturer at the School of Media, Communication and Sociology, University of Leicester, UK.

Advisory Board

Adam Jaworski, Hong Kong University

Barbara Johnstone, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Deborah Stone, Brandeis University, USA

Teun van Dijk, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain