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61
Citations
127006
World Ranking
1301
National Ranking
249

Overview

Norman Fairclough is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom and is active in the Arts and Humanities field, specializing in discourse analysis and critical theory. Their research intersects several subfields, including Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, as well as Philosophy.

The focal areas of Fairclough's work include Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, Cultural and Political Discourse Analysis, and Marxism and Critical Theory.

Their recent publications reflect these interests. Notable papers include:

  • "Critical discourse analysis as 'dialectical reasoning': from normative critique towards action, by way of explanation" (2020), published in Mots
  • Contents (2021), published by Edinburgh University Press eBooks

Fairclough has also contributed to book publications with Edinburgh University Press. A significant work published there is "Discourse in Late Modernity" (2021), which has accrued numerous citations.

Frequent collaborators include Lilie Chouliaraki, with whom Fairclough has co-authored multiple works, and Ronny Scholz. The majority of their joint research appears in the same disciplinary areas related to discourse and communication studies.

The main publication venues for Fairclough's research are Mots and Edinburgh University Press eBooks, indicating an engagement with both journal and book formats.

Best Publications

  • Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language

    Norman Fairclough

  • Discourse and social change

    Norman Fairclough

  • Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research

    Norman Fairclough

  • Language and Power

    Norman Fairclough

  • Discourse in late modernity : rethinking critical discourse analysis

    Lilie Chouliaraki;Norman Fairclough

  • A pedagogy of Multiliteracies Designing Social Futures

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  • New Labour, new language?

    Norman Fairclough

  • Critical Discourse Analysis and the Marketization of Public Discourse: The Universities

    Norman Fairclough

  • Critical Language Awareness

    Norman Fairclough

  • Discourse and Text: Linguistic and Intertextual Analysis within Discourse Analysis:

    Norman Fairclough

  • Language and Globalization

    Norman Fairclough

  • Critical discourse analysis as a method in social scientific research.

    Norman Fairclough

  • Political Discourse Analysis: A Method for Advanced Students

    Isabela Fairclough;Norman Fairclough

  • Language and power (2nd ed.)

    Norman Fairclough

  • Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language

    Maureen Weissenrieder;Norman Fairclough

  • A dialectical–relational approach to critical discourse analysis in social research

    Norman Fairclough

  • Peripheral Vision Discourse Analysis in Organization Studies: The Case for Critical Realism

    Norman Fairclough

  • The discourse of New Labour : critical discourse analysis.

    Norman Fairclough

  • Análisis crítico del discurso

    Ruth Wodak;Norman Fairclough

  • Critical discourse analysis and critical policy studies

    Norman Fairclough

  • Discourse in Late Modernity

    Norman Fairclough;L. Chouliaraki

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth Wodak
Ruth Wodak Lancaster University
Bob Jessop
Bob Jessop Lancaster University
Andrew Sayer
Andrew Sayer Lancaster University
Jonathan Potter
Jonathan Potter Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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