Kenneth Kong

Professional Discourse

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using a wide range of examples, this book examines the discourse of professional writing and its important role in society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9781107025264
• ISBN-10: 1107025265
• Artikelnr.: 41749449

Autorenporträt

Professor Kenneth Kong, Acting Head of Centre for English and Additional Languages, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Part I. Conceptual Issues: 2. Profession as a symbolic community
Part II. Linguistic Realizations: 3. Ideology in professional discourse
4. Communicative competence in the professional workplace
5. A model of interpersonal negotiation in professional discourse
Part III. Functions and Global Patterns: 6. Speech functions
7. Intertextuality
8. Genre and textual patterning
9. Multimodality
10. Conclusion.