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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828725103321

Titolo

Advice in discourse / / edited by Holger Limberg, Miriam A. Locher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012

ISBN

1-280-39439-0

9786613572318

90-272-7393-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS), , 0922-842X ; ; v. 221

Altri autori (Persone)

LimbergHolger

LocherMiriam A. <1972->

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

Discourse analysis

Perspective (Linguistics)

Advisory opinions

Interpersonal communication

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Advice in academic, educational and training settings -- pt. 2. Advice in medical and health-related settings -- pt. 3. Advice in computer-mediated settings -- pt. 4. Cross-cultural and corpus linguistic perspectives on advice.

Sommario/riassunto

This multi-faceted collection of research papers on Advice in Discourse focuses on advisory practices in different contexts. Data is drawn from academic, educational and training settings, health-related practices, and computer-mediated communication. The languages involved are Cantonese, English, Finnish, Japanese, Spanish and Russian. The chapters treat professional and institutional practices, practices that contain peer interaction within an institutional framework, and non-institutional peer interaction, as well as solicited and non-solicited advice in written and spoken form. The work re