The book, first published in 2002, explores significant themes and concepts relevant to its field, offering insights and analyses that contribute to academic discourse. As part of Routledge's esteemed collection, it showcases rigorous research and a scholarly approach, making it a valuable resource for students and professionals alike. The work reflects the high standards of Taylor & Francis, emphasizing its relevance and importance in contemporary studies.
Focusing on the construction of news, Roger Fowler critiques the notion that newspaper coverage reflects unbiased facts. Through a study of the British press, he argues that news is shaped by social and political contexts, revealing the underlying practices that influence how events are reported. This examination highlights the complexities of journalism and the impact of societal factors on the perception of news.
Transformational syntax serves as a foundational analytic technique for grammatical description, revealing significant psychological and philosophical implications. The author argues that the classical techniques from 1964-66 are essential for understanding modern syntactic analysis. This exploration encourages creative research into human conceptual abilities and behavior, making it a valuable resource for students of language and linguistics seeking to grasp recent developments in the field.
Focusing on the interplay between language and literature, the collection presents a cohesive perspective on how verbal expression shapes literary works. Roger Fowler emphasizes the continuity of language within literature and its cultural relevance, exploring its ability to craft aesthetic patterns and organize concepts. This exploration highlights the creative power of language in constructing fictional worlds, making the book a valuable resource for students of literary theory.
Originally published in 1979. This book studies language variation as a part of social practice - how language expresses and helps regulate social relationships of all kinds. Different groups, classes, institutions and situations have their special modes of language and these varieties are not just stylistic reflections of social differences; speaking or writing in a certain manner entails articulating certain social meanings, however implicit. This book focuses on the repressive and falsifying side of linguistic practice but not without recognising the power of language to reveal and communicate. It analyses the language used in a variety of situations, including news reporting, interviews, rules and regulations, even such apparently innocuous language as the rhymes on greetings cards. It argues for a critical linguistics capable of exposing distortion and mystification in language, and introduces some basic tools for a do-it-yourself analysis of language, ideology and control.
In this work, originally published in 1974, Roger Fowler explains the
character and absorbing interest of language. Designed as an introductory text
for students and others concerned with human communication, the book is
clearly and concisely written, yet it in no way oversimplifies its rich and
complicated subject.
