Functional Approach to Professional Discourse Exploration in Linguistics

ISBN-13: 9789813291058 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 335 str.

Elena N. Malyuga

Recenzje

"Reading this book proved to be an inspiring experience for me, as a researcher in functional linguistics and discourse analysis. It gave me an opportunity to learn how to make use of linguistic knowledge to improve professional communication efficiency. ... Functional Approach to Professional Discourse Explorations in Linguistics is still a highly recommended book for researchers, lecturers and professionals who are interested in professional communication, functional linguistics and discourse analysis." (Ruby Rong Wei, Discourse Studies, Vol. 23 (1), February, 2021)

Spis treści

Introduction: Professional discourse in the focus of functional linguistics  

Evgeniya V. Ponomarenko, Oksana V. Magirovskaya & Svetlana N. Orlova 

Professional Discourse: Functional-Linguistic Perspective (Based on Academic Discourse)

Olga S. Chesnokova, Dmitry S. Khramchenko & Milana E. Kupriyanova

Expressive Syntactic Devices as Means of Forming Advertising Discourse 

Olga V. Aleksandrova, Ekaterina A. Korableva & Antonina A. Kharkovskaya

Functional and Linguistic Features of Humour in Economic Discourse 

Elena N. Malyuga, Alex Krouglov & Maria V. Ivanova 

Study of Precedent Text Pragmatic Function in Modern Economic Discourse 

Victoria V. Sibul, Victoria V. Vetrinskaya & Elizaveta G. Grishechko

Peculiarities of Argumentative Strategies of Modern English Political Discourse 

Samvel A. Abrahamyan & Maria A. Banshchikova

Discursive Construction of “Others” in the Semiotic Space of Political Communication 

Lyudmila V. Kulikova  Juliya I. Detinko

Medical Professional Discourse in Terms of Cognitive Linguistic Analysis 

Elizaveta A. Vishnyakova, Olga D. Vishnyakova & Irina V. Smirnova 

Professional discourse situations as quanta of professional communication 

Igor V. Chekulai, Olga N. Prokhorova & Anna V. Kiseleva

World-building Processes in Professional Romance Languages 

(Exemplified by Professional Terminology in the Area of Fashion)

Galina V. Ovchinnikova, Nataliia V. Poliakova & Aryuna G. Ivanova

 

O autorze

Elena N. Malyuga is an Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Head of  Foreign Languages Department, Economics Faculty of RUDN University (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia). She is also a Professor with D.Sc. in Linguistics, and the Editor of Training Language and Culture. Her scientific interests include functional pragmatics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, intercultural business communication and profession oriented education. She has authored more than 250 publications, including course books, monographs and research articles indexed by Web of Science and Scopus. 

Blurb

This book presents research into various types of professional discourse through the prism of the functional linguistics approach. Focusing mainly on practical aspects of speech, the book discusses various topics, such as structural, semantic, cognitive and pragmatic characteristics of professional discourse, argumentation strategies, humour in professional discourse, and word-building processes. It also highlights communicative effectiveness methods in professional discourse. Offering new ideas and discussing the latest findings, the book is intended for researchers, lecturers and professionals in the field.