The Routledge handbook of language and professional communication /

"The Routledge Handbook of Language and Professional Communication provides a timely overview of the field of professional communication with a clear focus on language. Encompassing a wide range of approaches, the Handbook presents an intergrated approach to professional communication, covers t...

• Other Authors: Bhatia, V. K. (Vijay Kumar), 1942- (ed.), Bremner, Stephen (ed.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
• Series: Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics
• Subjects: Comunicación; Lenguaje y lenguas; Artes del lenguaje
• Online Access: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=707662&lang=es&site=ehost-live

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Section 1: Approaches to professional communication; A. General theoretical frameworks; 1 Analysing discourse variation in professional contexts; 2 Corpus analyses of professional discourse; 3 A situated genre approach for business communication education in cross-cultural contexts; 4 Stretching the multimodal boundaries of professional communication in multi-resources kits; B. Broad disciplinary frameworks; 5 Business communication; 6 Business communication: A revisiting of theory, research and teaching; 7 Research on knowledge-making in professional discourses: The use of theoretical resources; 8 Technical communication; 9 The complexities of communication in professional workplaces; 10 Electronic media in professional communication; 11 The role of translation in professional communication; 12 Management communication: Getting work done through people; 13 Business and the communication of climate change: An organisational discourse perspective. 14 Professionalising organisational communication discourses, materialities and trends15 Corporate communication; 16 Corporate communication and the role of annual reporting: Identifying areas for further research
• Section 2: Practice; A. Pedagogic perspectives; 17 A blended needs analysis: Critical genre analysis and needs analysis of language and communication for professional purposes; 18 The changing landscape of business communication; 19 Methodology for teaching ESP; B. Disciplinary perspectives; 20 English for Science and Technology.; 21 Communicative dimensions of professional accounting work; 22 Professional communication in the legal domain; 23 Communication in the construction industry; 24 Offshore outsourcing: The need for appliable linguistics; 25 Media communication: Current trends and future challenges; 26 The public relations industry and its place in professional communication theory and practice: Past, present and future perspectives
• Section 3: Acquisition of professional competence; 27 Communities in studies of discursive practices and discursive practices in communities; 28 The formation of a professional communicator: A socio-rhetorical approach; 29 Collaborative writing: Challenges for research and teaching; 30 Training the call centre communications trainers in the Asian BPO industry; 31 Credentialing of communication professionals
• Section 4: View from the professions; 32 Banking; 33 Law; 34 Accounting; 35 PR
• Appendix: View from the professions.