Andrew Sayer

List of John Benjamins publications for which Andrew Sayer plays a role.

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Sayer, Andrew 2006 Language and significance — or the importance of import: Implications for critical discourse analysis* Journal of Language and Politics 5:3, pp. 449–471 | Article
One of the main functions of discourses is to impute significance to, or interpret the significance of, things. Claims about significance are not merely expressive or evaluative but informative or descriptive, often referring to matters bearing on well-being or flourishing. It is argued that… read more