Bøger af Martin Montgomery

Explores the key connections between language and social life. This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the function of language in modern society. It is suitable for students and teachers of Communication Studies and Language Studies.

Drawing principally on linguistics, but multidisciplinary in its scope, this book demonstrates that news programmes are as much about showing as telling, as much about ordinary bystanders as about experts, and as much about personal testimony as calling politicians to account. It is suitable for anyone researching the news.