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Talking at Work: Corpus-based Explorations of Workplace Discourse Hardback - 2017
by Pickering, Lucy (Editor)/ Friginal, Eric (Editor)/ Staples, Shelley (Editor)
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- Title Talking at Work: Corpus-based Explorations of Workplace Discourse
- Author Pickering, Lucy (Editor)/ Friginal, Eric (Editor)/ Staples, Shelley (Editor)
- Binding Hardback
- Condition New
- Pages 284
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication date 2017
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-1137496150
- ISBN 9781137496157 / 1137496150
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 6 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
- Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
- Library of Congress subjects Business communication, Discourse analysis
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016956908
- Dewey Decimal Code 410.188
- Quantity available 2
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This book offers original corpus research in a range of workplace contexts including office-based settings, call center interactions and healthcare communication. Chapters in this edited volume bring together leading scholars in the field of corpus analysis in workplace discourse and include data from multiple corpora. Employing a range of qualitative and quantitative analytic approaches including Conversation Analysis, Linguistic Profiling and Register Analysis, the book introduces unique specialized corpus data in the areas of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, nursing, and cross-cultural communication, among others.
Lucy Pickering is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics & TESOL and Director of the Applied Linguistics Laboratory in Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA. Her research interests focus on discourse analysis, prosody, SLA and corpus research.
Eric Friginal is an Associate Professor of AppliedLinguistics and Director of International Programs at Georgia State University, College of Arts and Sciences, USA. His recent book, Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics: A Guide for Students (2014) is co-authored with his doctoral student Jack A. Hardy.
Shelley Staples is Assistant Professor of English Applied Linguistics/SLAT at University of Arizona, USA. Her research focuses on corpus analyses of specialized spoken and written registers, particularly for applications to health care communication. She recently published The Discourse of Nurse-Patient Interactions (2015).
Lucy Pickering is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics & TESOL and Director of the Applied Linguistics Laboratory in Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA. Her research interests focus on discourse analysis, prosody, SLA and corpus research.
Eric Friginal is an Associate Professor of AppliedLinguistics and Director of International Programs at Georgia State University, College of Arts and Sciences, USA. His recent book, Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics: A Guide for Students (2014) is co-authored with his doctoral student Jack A. Hardy.
Shelley Staples is Assistant Professor of English Applied Linguistics/SLAT at University of Arizona, USA. Her research focuses on corpus analyses of specialized spoken and written registers, particularly for applications to health care communication. She recently published The Discourse of Nurse-Patient Interactions (2015).
