Discourse in the professions : perspectives from corpus linguistics / edited by Ulla Connor, Thomas A. Upton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Connor, Ulla, 1948-

Upton, Thomas A. (Thomas Albin)

Series:

Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 16.

Studies in corpus linguistics, 1388-0373 ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sublanguage--Data processing.

Sublanguage.

Discourse analysis--Data processing.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

vi, 333 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the structure and use of academic and professional discourse through the lens of corpus linguistics. The goal of this book is to show how insights from corpus linguistic analyses can help us better understand how we use academic and professional language and help us find ways to better train newcomers to the genres used in various professional contexts. The contributions to this book show that specialized corpora of specific genres from a variety of fields allow us to make more relevant observations about the function and use of language for particular purposes. The specialized corpora examined include written and spoken academic genres, written and spoken business and legal genres, and written philanthropic genres. The book showcases a variety of approaches to analyzing the discourse of specialized corpora, and each chapter concludes with a reflection on the practical and pedagogical implications of the analysis.

Contents:

Discourse in the Professions

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Contents

Introduction

Section I

The argument for using English specialized corpora to understand academic and professional language

References

Notes

Section II

A convincing argument: Corpus analysis and academic persuasion

Academic language: An exploration of university classroom and textbook language

Stylistic features of academic speech: The role of formulaic expressions

Section III

Legal discourse: Opportunities and threats for corpus linguistics

Appendix 5

Appendix 4

Appendix 3

Appendix 2

Appendix 1

"Invisible to us": A preliminary corpus-based study ofspoken business English

Appendix

// did you TOOK // from the miniBAR //: What is the practical relevance of a corpus-driven language study to practitioners in Hong Kong's hotel industry?

Note

Acknowledgement

// so what have YOU been WORKing on REcently //: Compiling a specialized corpus of spoken business English

Acknowledgments

Section IV

The genre of grant proposals: A corpus linguistic analysis

Rhetorical appeals in fundraising direct mail letters

Appendix A

Framing matters: Communicating relationships through metaphor in fundraising texts

Pronouns and metadiscourse as interpersonal rhetorical devices in fundraising letters: A corpus linguistic analysis

Index

The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612160172

9781282160170

1282160176

9789027295040

9027295042

OCLC:

427510448