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Working with language : a multidisciplinary consideration of language use in work contexts /

Working with Language : A Multidisciplinary Consideration of Language Use in Work Contexts.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Coleman, Hywel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1989.
Colección:Contributions to the sociology of language ; 52.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Working with language: an introduction; 1 Language in operational crisis. Editorial preface; Non-routine conversation in operational crisis; 2 Language and history. Editorial preface; The use of language in the writing of history; 3 Language training for immigrant professionals. Editorial preface; Keeping language in its place; 4 Relationships between language and work. Editorial preface; The present and the future of work; 5 The language of courtroom resistance. Editorial preface; Defendant resistance to power and control in court
  • 6 Language and scientific work. Editorial prefaceScience and the foreign-language barrier; 7 The language of bureaucracy. Editorial preface; Civil service English in Nigeria; 8 The language of drama translation. Editorial preface; A foreign country: on the translation of stage plays; 9 The language of doctors and their patients. Editorial preface; Approaches to describing doctor-patient interviews; 10 The language of medical research. Editorial preface; Language use and preference in Japanese medical communication; 11 The language of computer conversations. Editorial preface
  • When the medium determines turns: turn-taking in computer conversation12 Testing the language of health personnel. Editorial preface; An approach to the measurement of communicative ability in three health professions; 13 Language and occupation in Bombay. Editorial preface; Languages for survival and work in the Bombay slum of Dharavi; 14 Language for specific purposes. Editorial preface; An overview of English for specific purposes; 15 Language in police work. Editorial preface; Talk and police work: notes on the traffic in information
  • 16 Language in the jury selection process. Editorial prefaceThe structural and discoursal characteristics of voir dire; 17 The language of business negotiation. Editorial preface; Language, culture and technical-commercial negotiating; 18 Language and education in Peru. Editorial preface; Puno: teacher, school and language; 19 The language of nurse counsellors. Editorial preface; Talk in an organization: organization in talk; Notes on contributors; Bibliography; Author index