Critical Discourse Analysis in Historiography

JOHN FLOWERDEW is a Professor in the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong, China, where he has worked since 1989. His main research and teaching interest is discourse analysis in its many varieties and manifestations.

• Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Background on Hong Kong and Theoretical Framework PART I: THE DISCOURSE OF THE OUTGOING ADMINISTRATION The Discourse of Colonial Withdrawal Rhetorical Strategies and Identity Politics in the Discourse Of Colonial Withdrawal Discourse and Social Change in a Public Meeting PART II: INTERCULTURAL DISCOURSES IN TRANSITIONAL HONG KONG Face in Intercultural Political Discourse Competing Public Discourses in Transitional Hong Kong Metaphors in The Discursive Construction of Patriotism PART III: THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HONG KONG IDENTITY Identity Politics and Hong Kong's Return to Chinese Sovereignty Discourse as History: History as Discourse: 'The Rise of Modern China' — A History Exhibition in Post-Colonial Hong Kong Discriminatory Discourse Directed Towards Mainlanders Globalisation Discourse: Continuity with The Old The Discursive Construction of a World-Class City Conclusion References Index.

'...fascinating and insightful. It is a critical linguistic historiography that should be of interest to anyone who wants to know more of HK's past and present.' - Li Wei, University of London, UK, Applied Linguistics