Working with language : a multidisciplinary consideration of language use in work contexts / edited by Hywel Coleman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coleman, Hywel.

Series:

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (632 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2010

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Working with Language : A Multidisciplinary Consideration of Language Use in Work Contexts

Contents:

Front matter

Working with language: an introduction / Coleman, Hywel

1 Language in operational crisis. Editorial preface

2 Language and history. Editorial preface

3 Language training for immigrant professionals. Editorial preface

4 Relationships between language and work. Editorial preface

5 The language of courtroom resistance. Editorial preface

6 Language and scientific work. Editorial preface

7 The language of bureaucracy. Editorial preface

8 The language of drama translation. Editorial preface

9 The language of doctors and their patients. Editorial preface

10 The language of medical research. Editorial preface

11 The language of computer conversations. Editorial preface

12 Testing the language of health personnel. Editorial preface

13 Language and occupation in Bombay. Editorial preface

14 Language for specific purposes. Editorial preface

15 Language in police work. Editorial preface

16 Language in the jury selection process. Editorial preface

17 The language of business negotiation. Editorial preface

18 Language and education in Peru. Editorial preface

19 The language of nurse counsellors. Editorial preface

Notes on contributors

Bibliography

Author index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110849226

3110849224

OCLC:

843635601