2nd Edition
Power and Politeness in the Workplace A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Talk at Work
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Power and Politeness in the Workplace has become established as a seminal text for courses in language and professional communication.
Co-authored by bestselling author Janet Holmes, this text provides insights into the way we all talk at work, including a wealth of material illustrating the way people communicate with each other in their ordinary everyday encounters in their workplaces. The... Read more
Preface. 1. Power and Politeness and the Workplace Context 2.From Office to Production Line: Constructing a Corpus of Workplace Data 3. Getting Things Done at Work 4. Workplace Meetings 5. Small Talk and Social Chat at Work 6. Humour in the Workplace 7. Miscommunication and Problematic Talk at Work 8. Conclusion: Some Implications and Applications.
Biography
Janet Holmes is Emeritus Professor in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Maria Stubbe is a senior lecturer and Director of Research in the Primary Health Care & General Practice Department at the Universtiy of Otago, New Zealand.
"There is no arguing with the fact that this is an exceptional piece of research and a profound contribution to the field of Discourse Analysis. The updates offer further insight into the ever broadening LWP, which are helpful to those working in fields outside the ‘white collar’ industries. What is most impressive to me, however, is that, while the authors clearly explain their own research and results, they also offer a systematic, detailed framework that later researchers might follow." - Kerry Linfoot, LINGUIST List
