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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792323903321

Autore

Koester Almut

Titolo

Workplace discourse [[electronic resource] /] / Almut Koester

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2010

ISBN

1-282-57687-9

9786612576874

1-4411-4893-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Continuum discourse series

Disciplina

420.141

Soggetti

English language - Business English

English language - Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Describing workplace discourse -- pt. 2. Issues and applications in workplace discourse.

Sommario/riassunto

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 r