LINGUIST List 15.2087

Fri Jul 16 2004

Books: Pragmatics: Vine

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  • paul, Getting Things Done at Work: Vine

    Message 1: Getting Things Done at Work: Vine

     Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:55:52 -0400 (EDT)
    From: paul <paulbenjamins.com>
    Subject: Getting Things Done at Work: Vine




    Title: Getting Things Done at Work Subtitle: The discourse of power in workplace interaction Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 124

    Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ http://www.benjamins.nl/

    Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=P%26bns%20124

    Author: Bernadette Vine, Victoria University of Welington

    Hardback: ISBN: 9027253668, Pages: x, 278 pp., Price: EURO 95.00

    Abstract:

    The linguistic study of workplace language is a new and exciting area of research. This book explores the expression of power in a New Zealand workplace through examination of 52 everyday interactions between four women and their colleagues. The main focus of this research is the expression of three types of "control acts", i.e., directives, requests and advice. The women include two managers who demonstrate an interactive participative style of management. They tend to minimise rather than exert power, although their status is still evident in their speech.

    The study is original in its combination of a quantitative and a qualitative approach, as well as in its combination of a detailed categorisation of head acts and an analysis of context and role relationships. Through the design of the study and the methodology used, the results which are brought forward challenge earlier research both on power and control acts. The data analyzed is drawn from the Wellington Language in the Workplace Project.

    Lingfield(s): Discourse Analysis Pragmatics Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

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