Derek Wallace

List of John Benjamins publications for which Derek Wallace plays a role.

This article has two main objectives. One, to advance methodological development in both discourse theory and media and communications research by proposing an eclectic, replicable methodology. Two, to demonstrate how to apply that methodology to furnish both ontic and ontological explanations… read more
This article builds on previous research on the communicational practices of the United Nations human rights monitoring system (Wallace 2017). Treaties such as those responsible for women’s and children’s rights lack direct enforcement mechanisms, so interest falls on the means by which treaty… read more
How can conduct be enforced when governmental relations are entirely reliant on linguistic exchange? This is the question at stake in such jurisdictions as the United Nations when nations sign up to legally non-binding commitments. The few commentators in this area hold that non-enforceability… read more
Wallace, Derek 2016 Governmentality through intertextuality: Strategic planning discourse in the administration of tertiary educationStudies of Discourse and Governmentality: New perspectives and methods, McIlvenny, Paul, Julia Zhukova Klausen and Laura Bang Lindegaard (eds.), pp. 297–322 | Article
In this chapter I analyse texts composed and exchanged within the New Zealand tertiary education domain in order to explore the “will to govern” (Miller and Rose 2008: 29) in its contemporary manifestation. Using intertextuality as the principle framework, the analysis is grounded in a detailed… read more