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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788116003321

Autore

Thornborrow Joanna <1957->

Titolo

Power talk : language and interaction in institutional discourse / / Joanna Thornborrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-138-15225-0

1-315-83917-2

1-317-87907-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 pages)

Collana

Real language series

Disciplina

306.4/4

Soggetti

Business communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Pearson Education limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Power, talk and institutional discourse : some key concepts -- 2. Perspectives on power : approaches to the critical analysis of language and interaction -- 3. Institutional discourse as asymmetrical talk : power and orderly interaction in a police interview -- 4. Questions and control : managing talk in a radio phone-in -- 5. Resources for control : discursive strategies in media interviews -- 6. Participation and control : the organisation of classroom discussion talk -- 7. Power and institutional interaction : some conclusions.