What is critical discourse analysis and why are people saying such terrible things about it?

Language and Literature

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-103

  Toolan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Critical discourse analysis; Prescription; Reformulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040059158     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096394709700600201     Document Type: Article

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