Power and politeness in the workplace : a sociolinguistic analysis of talk at work / Janet Holmes and Maria Stubbe.

By:

Holmes, Janet [author.]

Contributor(s):

Stubbe, Maria [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Real language seriesPublisher: London : Longman, 2003Description: ix, 198 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0582368774
9780582368774

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

650.13 21

LOC classification:

HF5718 .H65 2003

Contents:

1. Power, 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.

Review: "This book aims to provide useful information to those interested in the many functions of talk at work. It should be useful to those teaching courses on business or interpersonal communications; language in the workplace; discourse analysis; communication studies; programmatics and sociolinguistics. It should also be of interest to workplace practitioners, and especially those involved in Human Resources training, communication skill development, and professional development and education."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book aims to provide useful information to those interested in the many functions of talk at work. It should be useful to those teaching courses on business or interpersonal communications; language in the workplace; discourse analysis; communication studies; programmatics and sociolinguistics. It should also be of interest to workplace practitioners, and especially those involved in Human Resources training, communication skill development, and professional development and education."--BOOK JACKET.

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