Examines language use in business and the workplace, representations of work and how people in business interact. Includes many real-world examples and a section on entering the world of work.
Examines language use in business and the workplace, representations of work and how people in business interact. Includes many real-world examples an...
Exploring the characteristics of different types of workplace conversations, including decision-making, training, briefing or making arrangements, this enthralling account pays particular attention to interactions with a more social focus, such as small talk or office gossip.
Presenting a range of approaches to analyzing such workplace discourse, Almut Koester argues for a combination of quantitative corpus-based methods, to compare specific linguistic features in different genres and qualitative methods involving a close analysis of individual conversations, to explore such...
Exploring the characteristics of different types of workplace conversations, including decision-making, training, briefing or making arrangements, ...
Workplace Discourse provides an overview of the rapidly developing field of spoken and written workplace interaction, taking a fresh perspective on research methods and key issues in the field.. It examines discourse in a wide variety of workplace contexts using both genre analysis and a corpus-driven approach.
The book draws on Koester's previous research, but examines the current state of workplace discourse more widely. It provides a descriptive account of the linguistic characteristics of workplace discourse within their social and organizational contexts, with illustrative...
Workplace Discourse provides an overview of the rapidly developing field of spoken and written workplace interaction, taking a fresh perspective on...
Essential Grammar in Use German edition is a self-study reference and practice book for elementary-level learners (A1-B1). The book is simple, easy-to-use and is perfect for independent study, covering all the areas of grammar you need at this level. Every unit includes a translation exercise, allowing you to translate examples of each grammar point from German into English. This new edition, with updated content, also comes with an interactive ebook. The ebook is in English, with the same grammar explanations and exercises found in the printed book, plus other great features such as audio...
Essential Grammar in Use German edition is a self-study reference and practice book for elementary-level learners (A1-B1). The book is simple, easy-to...
