LINGUIST List 17.3562

Fri Dec 01 2006

Books: Discourse Analysis/Pragmatics: Geluykens, Pelsmaekers

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Directory         1.    Ulrich Lueders, Discourse in Professional Contexts: Geluykens, Pelsmaekers
Message 1: Discourse in Professional Contexts: Geluykens, Pelsmaekers
Date: 13-Nov-2006
From: Ulrich Lueders <lincom.europat-online.de>
Subject: Discourse in Professional Contexts: Geluykens, Pelsmaekers


Title: Discourse in Professional Contexts Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Pragmatics 03 Published: 2006 Publisher: Lincom GmbH
                http://www.lincom.eu

Author: R. Geluykens Author: K. Pelsmaekers Paperback: ISBN: 389586613X Pages: 300 Price: Europe EURO 83.70
Abstract:

The papers in this collection are all concerned with a rather special typeof discourse: they deal with either spoken or written language which wasproduced in what could be called an "institutional", professional context.Despite the growing interest within discourse pragmatics for languageproduced within an institutional framework, existing publications tend toconcentrate either on one specific type of institutional setting (e.g.business negotiations) or on one specific research tradition (e.g.conversation analysis).

The present book is rather different in concept, in that the subject matteris approached from a variety of functional research traditions and methods,and in doing so cuts right across the spoken-written distinction. First ofall, the contributors scrutinize a variety of discourse types, such asbusiness interaction, business letters, classroom talk, politicalinterviews, press releases, and pharmacist-patient interaction. Secondly,they show a variety of research traditions and methods at work, includingsystemic-functional linguistics, conversation analysis, social semiotics,ethnography, and cognitive grammar. Thirdly, since institutionalcommunication takes place in various modes of speaking and writing, thepresent collection includes work on discourse in such varied modes asface-to-face interaction, media interviews, group interaction, newsreports, and letters.

This collection also offers an introductory overview of the field, as wellas a selective bibliography of past research on institutional discourse,subdivided into seven major categories: business, medical, legal,classroom, media, political, and scientific/acedemic. Elements of all sevendomains can, in various forms, be found in the present volume.

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis                             Pragmatics
Written In: English (eng )

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