Overview
- Demonstrated the breadth of the range of qualitative and quantitative methods that fall under corpus-based approaches to linguistic analysis
- Takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining two distinct fields in applied linguistics – discourse analysis and corpus linguistics
- Offers a unique perspective on workplace discourses by taking a corpus-based approach and analysing authentic workplace discourse
Part of the book series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations (PSPOD)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Reviews
“Talking at Work is an amazing collection of eleven chapters addressing various aspects of workplace interactions ranging from the pragmatics of interacting with colleagues, to angry call center interactions to interactions with health care providers. Talking at Work also explores less commonly addressed aspects of workplace communications including the discourse of AAC (Augmentative or Alternative Communication) devices and strategies. In addition to the range of topics covered, it also showcases a variety of analyses. Altogether, Talking at Work provides rich linguistic descriptions of a variety of workplace interactions.” (Randi Reppen, Professor, Northern Arizona State University, USA)
“While the general workplace types will be familiar to readers, many of the specific contexts are likely to be new – such as office interactions that depend on augmentative and alternative communication devices and healthcare interactions that consist of teenagers andmedical providers on an advice website. The language foci and analytical methodologies, too, are diverse. More typical quantitative techniques from corpus linguistics and more qualitative approaches such as conversation analysis co-exist comfortably in the book, and language is investigated at all levels - words, grammar, pragmatic markers, speech acts, and more. Readers interested in workplaces will find new perspectives on workplace discourse. Corpus linguists—even those not focused on workplaces—will be interested to learn about the expansion of corpora and corpus techniques in recent years.” (Susan Conrad, Professor, Portland State University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Eric Friginal is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of International Programs at Georgia State University, College of Arts and Sciences, USA. His recent book, Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics: A Guide for Students (2014) is co-authored with his doctoral student Jack A. Hardy.
Shelley Staples is Assistant Professor of English Applied Linguistics/SLAT at University of Arizona, USA. Her research focuses on corpus analyses of specialized spoken and written registers, particularly for applications to health care communication. She recently published The Discourse of Nurse-Patient Interactions (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Talking at Work
Book Subtitle: Corpus-based Explorations of Workplace Discourse
Editors: Lucy Pickering, Eric Friginal, Shelley Staples
Series Title: Communicating in Professions and Organizations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49616-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49615-7Published: 04 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49616-4Published: 22 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2947-812X
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8138
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 284
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Semantics, Communication Studies, Sociolinguistics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Corpus Linguistics, Discourse Analysis