Discourse in the Professions: Perspectives from corpus linguistics

Abstract

1. Introduction (by Connor, Ulla) 2. The argument for using English specialized corpora to understand academic and professional language (by Flowerdew, Lynne) 3. Stylistic features of academic speech: The role of formulaic expressions (by Simpson, Rita) 4. Academic language: An exploration of university classroom and textbook language (by Reppen, Randi) 5. A convincing argument: Corpus analysis and academic persuasion (by Hyland, Ken) 6. // so what have YOU been WORking on REcently //: Compiling a specialized corpus of spoken business English (by Warren, Martin) 7. TOOK // did you // from the miniBAR //: What is the practical relevance of a corpus-driven language study to practitioners in Hong Kong's hotel industry? (by Cheng, Winnie) 8. Invisible to us: A preliminary corpus-based study of spoken business English (by McCarthy, Michael) 9. Legal discourse: Opportunities and threats for corpus linguistics (by Bhatia, Vijay) 10. The genre of grant proposals: A corpus linguistic analysis (by Connor, Ulla) 11. Rhetorical appeals in fundraising direct mail letters (by Connor, Ulla) 12. Framing matters: Communicating relationships through metaphor in fundraising texts (by Goering, Elizabeth M.) 13. Pronouns and metadiscourse as interpersonal rhetorical devices in fundraising letters: A corpus linguistic analysis (by Crismore, Avon) 14. Index