How long does it take to read Language and Power?
Language and Power by Norman Fairclough takes about 4 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 226 pages, about 62,150 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Language and Power is about how language works to maintain and change power relations in contemporary society, and how understanding these processes can enable people to resist and change them. Substantial changes in social life have taken place in the decade since the original publication, which have changed the nature of unequal power relations, and therefore the agenda for the critical study of language. In this second edition, Norman Fairclough brings the discussion completely up-to-date with the inclusion of a new chapter covering the 'globalisation' of power relations and the development of the internet in relation to language and power.
Subjects: Macht, Social aspects, Taalgebruik, Sprache, Konversationsanalyse, Discourse analysis
