Politeness plays a vital role in maintaining class differences. In this highly original account, ...

We use politeness every day when interacting with other people. Yet politeness is an impressively...

Sara Mills offers an accessible and comprehensive analysis of the term 'discourse' and explores t...

Representations of gender in learning materials convey an implicit message to students about atti...

Sara Mills offers an accessible and comprehensive analysis of the term 'discourse' and explores t...

Language, Gender and Feminism presents students and researchers with key contemporary theoretical...

Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this book provides readers with an e...

It is impossible to imagine contemporary critical theory without the work of Michel Foucault. His...

Feminism and postcolonialism are allies, and the impressive selection of writings brought togethe...

This volume examines important themes in the theoretical debates on the relationship of language ...