Discourse & Society

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Discourse & Society

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ISSN: 0957-9265 

An International Journal for the Study of Discourse and Communication in
their Social, Political and Cultural Contexts

Discourse & Society is a multidisciplinary journal publishing outstanding
research at the boundaries of discourse analysis and the social sciences.
Reaching beyond the linguistic or text and or talk oriented approaches of
much discourse analysis, it focuses on the discursive dimensions of social
and political issues and problems.

Discourse & Society is unique in relating the situational micro-context of
verbal interaction, discourse and communication to the macro-context of
social, political and cultural structures. This allows the study of
important concepts such as group relations and conflicts, power, dominance
and inequality, the role of the state or state institutions, political
decision-making and the processes of societal, cultural and ideological
reproduction.

Discourse & Society explores the relevance of discourse analysis to the
social sciences, and stimulates a problem oriented and critical approach.
The journal pays particular attention to the political implications of
discourse and communication including:

· reproduction of sexism and racism through discourse · legitimation of
power · the manufacture of consent · the role of politics, education and
the media · the discursive reproduction of dominance · relations between
groups · imbalances in international communication · inter-cultural
communication.

The on-line edition is a reproduction of the print edition.

Contact:
Teun A. van Dijk, Editor
teun@hum.uva.nl