17.1801, Books: Discourse Analysis: Koester

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Date: 14-Jun-2006
From: Liz Levine < elizabeth.levine at taylorandfrancis.com >
Subject: Investigating Workplace Discourse: Koester 

	
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:02:14
From: Liz Levine < elizabeth.levine at taylorandfrancis.com >
Subject: Investigating Workplace Discourse: Koester 
 



Title: Investigating Workplace Discourse 
Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
	   http://www.routledge.com/
	
Author: Almut Koester

Hardback: ISBN: 0415364701 Pages: 192 Price: U.S. $ 135.00
Paperback: ISBN: 041536471X Pages: 192 Price: U.S. $ 44.95


Abstract:

Exploring the characteristics of different types of workplace
conversations, including decision-making, training, briefing or making
arrangements, this enthralling account pays particular attention to
interactions with a more social focus, such as small talk or office gossip.

Presenting a range of approaches to analyzing such workplace discourse,
Almut Koester argues for a combination of quantitative corpus-based
methods, to compare specific linguistic features in different genres and
qualitative methods involving a close analysis of individual conversations,
to explore such issues as politeness, power, conflict and
consensus-building. A corpus of conversations recorded in a variety of
office environments both in the UK and the USA is used throughout to
demonstrate the interplay between speakers accomplishing tasks and
maintaining relationships in the workplace. 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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