Workplace discourse
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Workplace discourse
(Continuum discourse series)
Continuum, c2010
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Kobe Shoin Women's University Library / Kobe Shoin Women's College Library
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-186) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Workplace Discourse" provides an overview of the rapidly developing field of spoken and written workplace interaction, taking a fresh perspective on research methods and key issues in the field. It examines discourse in a wide variety of workplace contexts using both genre analysis and a corpus-driven approach. The book draws on Koester's previous research, but examines the current state of workplace discourse more widely. It provides a descriptive account of the linguistic characteristics of workplace discourse within their social and organizational contexts, with illustrative extracts from real texts and naturally occurring spoken interactions. It showcases specific issues at the forefront of current research and practice in this area: the use of English as a lingua franca, the importance of relationship building and the teaching applications of research. Discourse is one of the most significant concepts of contemporary thinking in the humanities and social sciences as it concerns the ways language mediates and shapes our interactions with each other and with the social, political and cultural formations of our society.
"The Continuum Discourse Series" aims to capture the fast-developing interest in discourse to provide students, new and experienced teachers and researchers in applied linguistics, ELT and English language with an essential bookshelf. Each book deals with a core topic in discourse studies to give an in-depth, structured and readable introduction to an aspect of the way language is used in real life.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Describing workplace discourse
- 1. What is workplace discourse?
- 2. Workplace Genres: Activities and Texts in Workplace Discourse
- 3. What can a corpus tell us about workplace discourse?
- 4. Working together and getting people to do things: directives, procedural discourse and training
- Part 2: Issues and applications in Workplace Discourse
- 5. Relationship-building at work
- 6. Communicating across cultures: English as a lingua franca and communication in the multi-ethnic workplace
- 7. Teaching English for professional, occupational and business purposes
- Bibliography
- Index.
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