| Professional Discourse Contributor(s): Kong, Kenneth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107689899 ISBN-13: 9781107689893 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using a wide range of professional genres such as research papers, business reports, performance commentaries, guidebooks and legal documents, this study focuses on the discourse of professional writing, employing analytic paradigms from systemic-functional linguistics, pragmatics, text analysis, sociology and anthropological linguistics. Kenneth Kong argues that while professions use different sets of practices, their use of language displays many universals. This is demonstrated through the analysis of data from a broad cross-section of professional settings such as medicine, law, business, mass media and engineering. This examination of professional discourse, and its important role in society, will be of interest to researchers in applied linguistics, to professionals who want to understand the role of language in their work, and to teachers of English for specific purposes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kong, Kenneth: - Kenneth Kong is Associate Professor in the English Department at Hong Kong Baptist University. |