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Professional discourse / Britt-Louise Gunnarsson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Continuum discourse seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 275 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781441122049 (electronic bk.)
  • 1441122044 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Professional discourse.; No titleDDC classification:
  • 401.41 22
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Contents:
pt. I. Introduction -- Introducing the topic and the book -- A theoretical model for contextual analysis of professional discourse -- Methodology to explore the dynamic relationship between text and context -- pt. II. Scientific Discourse -- The sociohistorical construction of medical discourse -- Non-verbal representation in articles within technology, medicine and economics -- From a national to an international writing community: the case of economics in Sweden -- pt. III. Legislative Discourse -- The functional comprehensibility of legislative texts -- The legislative writing process -- pt. VI. Workplace Discourse -- Communication at work: a sociolinguistic perspective on workplace discourse -- The multilingual workplace: discourse at a hospital and a large company -- pt. V. Discourse in Large Business Organizations -- The multilayered structure of enterprise discourse: the case of banks and structural engineering firms -- Business discourse in the globalized economy: a diversity perspective on company websites -- pt. VI. Conclusions -- Professional discourse in the 21st century.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index.

pt. I. Introduction -- Introducing the topic and the book -- A theoretical model for contextual analysis of professional discourse -- Methodology to explore the dynamic relationship between text and context -- pt. II. Scientific Discourse -- The sociohistorical construction of medical discourse -- Non-verbal representation in articles within technology, medicine and economics -- From a national to an international writing community: the case of economics in Sweden -- pt. III. Legislative Discourse -- The functional comprehensibility of legislative texts -- The legislative writing process -- pt. VI. Workplace Discourse -- Communication at work: a sociolinguistic perspective on workplace discourse -- The multilingual workplace: discourse at a hospital and a large company -- pt. V. Discourse in Large Business Organizations -- The multilayered structure of enterprise discourse: the case of banks and structural engineering firms -- Business discourse in the globalized economy: a diversity perspective on company websites -- pt. VI. Conclusions -- Professional discourse in the 21st century.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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