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Publication details [#65369]

Madonsela, Stanley. 2018. When Discourse Proves to Be Unsuccessful: The Case of Student Protest at South African Universities. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 49 (3) : 3–18.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

critical discourse analysis | discourse | power | student | university

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study explores the unchancy discourse efforts by students, education authorities and university management in South Africa during the #FeesMustFall campaign. It states that opposed discourses may cause conflict, levity and intolerance amid the implied parties.