Language awareness in business and the professions / edited by Erika Darics.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Darics, Erika, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language awareness.

Language in the workplace.

Professional employees--Language.

Professional employees.

Communication in organizations.

Business communication.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The crucial role language plays in constituting our reality, and in achieving political influence and control, has long been known in scholarship. However, appreciation of the role of language in understanding our social realities and power relations has not been fully translated to education or even to research beyond linguistically focussed academic strands. Bringing together well-established scholars from a range of disciplines, this book demonstrates why language awareness and discourse consciousness should be considered a key skill in business and professional life, and looks closely at language in areas such as entrepreneurship, leadership, human resource management, medical, financial, or business communication, ecology, media, and politics. The authors demonstrate how the understanding of the minutiae of language use in a variety of professional contexts leads to knowledge that will empower future generations of professionals and enable them to develop a self-reflexive, critical, and more ethical practice.

Contents:

Foreword / J. Clifton

Introduction. Language awareness and discourse consciousness in contemporary life and work / E. Darics

Language awareness in business and the professions. Language awareness and leadership: more than a guide to communicating effectively / S. Schnurr

Linguistic style and crowdfunding success among social and commercial entrepreneurs: an example of a language study in the field of entrepreneurship / A. Parhankangas and E. Darics

Challenging the discourse of newcomer socialization practices in organizations from a critical perspective / P. Kastberg and M. G. Ditlevsen

Language guides: an exercise in futility / D. Galasiński and J. Ziółkowska

Argumentative awareness as a driver of trust in investor relations and financial communication / R. Palmieri

Language, discourse and ecosomatic awareness / A. Stibbe

Language awareness in education and training. Critical language awareness and business communication / A. Koester

A developmental model of critical thinking / D. Cyphert

Membership categorisation analysis: developing awareness of categories and their consequences / A. Whittle and F. Mueller

Sociolinguistic awareness in business professionals: breaking stereotypes and language myths / L. Mullany.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jul 2022).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108696159 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.