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Getting things done at work : the discourse of power in workplace interaction /

Annotation The linguistic study of workplace language is a new and exciting area of research. This book explores the expression of power in a New Zealand workplace through examination of 52 everyday interactions between four women and their colleagues. The main focus of this research is the expressi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vine, Bernadette
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., 2004.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. v. 124.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Getting Things Done atWork; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Directives, requests and advice; 3. Identifying control acts; 4. Analysis of control act head acts; 5. Modification of control act head acts; 6. Exploring control acts in context; 7. Control acts between Managers and their staff; 8. Managers and power in the workplace; 9. Language and power between equals; Appendix A. Transcription conventions; Appendix B. Main interaction purpose and word counts; Appendix C. Directive head acts; Appendix D. Request head acts.