With unique and powerful data from within a big city prison, this book clarifies the role that conversational analysis can have within a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective. In a detailed linguistic analysis of the language use of prison officers and prisoners involved in a prison based course, the author charts the shifting power relations of control and resistance and situates the findings in a broader sociological analysis of the prison as an institution. The study will interest sociolinguists, discourse analysts, and researchers in communication studies, criminology and counselling.
Autorentext
ANDREA MAYR is a Lecturer in the Department of German Language and Literature at Glasgow University.
Zusammenfassung
Prison Discourse is unique in that it embeds detailed linguistic analysis within a sociological description of an important and controversial area: the prison. Andrea Mayr provides extensive and powerful examples of spoken interaction between prison officers and inmates in a big city prison during a rehabilitation course based on improving cognitive functioning. She charts language use and shifting power relations within the prison and situates the linguistic study within the wider domain of power dynamics in institutions. She further clarifies the role that Systemic Functional Linguistics can have within a wider Critical Discourse Analysis perspective in supporting understanding of spoken interaction. The author's interdisciplinary approach ensures a highly relevant resource for linguists, educators and social scientists.
Inhalt
Introduction Research Context, Methods and Data Collection Critical Discourse Analysis and the Language of Social Control Critical Discourse Analysis and the Study of Officer-Inmate Interaction: Social Control in Action Resisting and Acquiescing in Social Control Conclusions Appendix I Appendix II Bibliography Index