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Constructing professional discourse : a multiperspective approach to domain-specific discourses / by Concepcion Orna-Montesinos.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discourse analysis.
- Corpora (Linguistics).
- Context (Linguistics).
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the fascinating role that language plays in the construction of non-verbal objects by mapping out the ontological meaning of the specialised concepts and the domain-specific knowledge embedded in them. In doing so, it provides a comprehensive linguistic insight into the discourse of professional domain-specific communities and hence, into the communication practices and procedures of those communities. In this respect, the book offers a response to the claims made by many o...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-43680-9
- 9786613436801
- 1-4438-3699-0
- OCLC:
- 794307215
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