[Linganth] Discourses of corporate America in Academia

[Adam Hodges]

Dear Greta,

You may already be aware of this research, but Norman Fairclough has done
quite a bit on language and discourse in late capitalist society.  Some
examples that come to mind are the chapter "Critical discourse analysis and
the marketization of public discourse: the universities" in his 1995 book,
CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS (New York: Longman Publishing); and also his
chapter "Discourse and social change" in his 1996 [1989] book, LANGUAGE AND
POWER (New York: Longman Publishing).

Another potentially useful resource is the Language in New Capitalism
group's website:

http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/lnc/LNCmem.html

Best regards,
Adam

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Adam Hodges
Department of Linguistics
University of Colorado

« Le véritable voyage de découverte ne
consiste pas à chercher de nouveaux
paysages, mais à avoir de nouveaux
yeux. »
  -Marcel Proust

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[mailto:owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu] On Behalf Of Greta Vollmer
Sent: 22 October 2004 10:48
To: linganth at cc.rochester.edu
Subject: [Linganth] Discourses of corporate America in Academia

Can anyone suggest articles that do a good job of addressing the
growing encroachment (or should I say force-feeding) of the
discourses of the corporate world ("accountability, systems
management, students as clients, etc.") in academia?  Particularly
interested in those that address it from a discourse analysis
perspective.  Any articles that would be good for a non-specialist
crowd would also be of use.

Many thanks,
Greta


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