The stylistics of professional discourse / [electronic resource]
Solly, Martin,author.
The volume proposes a stylistics perspective to investigate the discourse of professional communities. It provides an overview of the evolving field of stylistics and its potential for analysing texts, then goes on to apply these theoretical and methodological tools to three specific communities: healthcare, law and education.
Specialized.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016).
About the book -- Acknowledgements -- Language, style and stylistics -- Professional discourse communities -- Stylistics of healthcare discourse -- Stylistics of legal discourse -- Stylistics of educational discourse -- Stylistics, globalisation and the new technologies -- Stylistics, pedagogy and professional discourse -- Coda -- References -- Index.
The volume proposes a stylistics perspective to investigate the discourse of professional communities. It provides an overview of the evolving field of stylistics and its potential for analysing texts, then goes on to apply these theoretical and methodological tools to three specific communities: healthcare, law and education.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 8, 2016).
Discourse analysis.
Professional employees