Blurb:

Chapter 1 explores politics in general, and war speeches of political leaders in particular. This chapter introduces students to the kinds of questions that can be asked about discourse from the perspective of SFL and CDA. Topics include: 1.1 Why analyze ‘discourse’?; 1.2 A sample discourse: a 'call to arms';1.3 Asking analytical questions; 1.4 Starting systemic functional linguistics; 1.5 Adding critical discourse analysis; 1.6 Another ‘call to arms’: applying analytical tools