"Language and Power was first published in 1989 and quickly established itself as a ground-breaking book. Its popularity continues as an introductory text to the field of Discourse Analysis, focusing on: how language functions in maintaining and changing power relations in modern society; the ways of analysing language which can reveal these processes; and how people can become more conscious of them, and more able to resist and change them." "In this new edition, Norman Fairclough brings the discussion fully up-to-date and covers the issue of 'globalisation' of power relations and the development of the internet in relation to Language and Power. The bibliography has also been fully updated to include important new reference material."--BOOK JACKET.