Exploring Professional Communication: Language in Action (Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics), Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Stephanie Schnurr

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 249
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in applied linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course, as well as for advanced undergraduates. Titles in the series are also ideal for language professionals returning to academic study. The books take an innovative ‘practice-to-theory’ approach, with a ‘back-to-front’ structure. This leads the reader from real-world problems and issues, through a discussion of intervention and how to engage with these concerns, before finally relating these practical issues to theoretical foundations. Additional features include tasks with commentaries, a glossary of key terms and an annotated further reading section.

Exploring Professional Communication provides an accessible overview of the vast field of communication in professional contexts from an applied linguistics perspective. It explores the nature of professional communication by discussing various fundamental topics relevant for an understanding of this area. The book is divided into eight chapters, each dealing with a specific area of professional communication, such as genres of professional communication, identities in the workplace and key issues of gender, leadership and culture. Although the book’s main approach to professional communication is an applied linguistics one, it also draws on insights from a range of other disciplines. This second edition has been substantially revised and updated and includes coverage of the most recent developments in the area. New topics include:

• Remote and virtual communication, as well as technology-assisted communication
• The impact of the pandemic on professional communication
• Gender in professional communication post-#metoo
• Intersectional issues
• A new chapter on researching professional communication

Throughout, Stephanie Schnurr takes an interactive approach that is reflected in the numerous examples of authentic discourse data, from a variety of written, spoken and multimodal contexts. Exploring Professional Communication is critical reading for postgraduate and upper undergraduate students of applied linguistics and communication studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
Series Editors’ Introduction
Acknowledgements
1 What Is Professional Communication?
Section A: Examples of Professional Communication
Section B: Conceptualising Professional Communication
Section C: Approaching Professional Communication from the Perspective of Applied Linguistics
Brief Outline of the Book
Summary
2 Genres of Professional Communication
Section A: Exploring Genres of Professional Communication
Section B: Engaging with Genres of Professional Communication
Section C: Analysing Different Genres of Professional Communication
Summary
3 Workplace Culture
Section A: Communicating Differently in Different Workplaces
Section B: What Is Workplace Culture?
Section C: Theorising Workplace Culture
Summary
4 Culture at Work
Section A: Is Culture Relevant for Communicating at Work?
Section B: Exploring Culture at Work
Section C: Theorising Culture at Work
Summary
5 Identities at Work
Section A: Exploring Identities at Work
Section B: Constructing and Negotiating Identities at Work
Section C: Theorising Identity Construction
Summary
6 Gender at Work
Introduction
Section A: Gender Issues at Work
Section B: Engaging with Gender
Section C: Researching Gender Issues at Work
Summary
7 Leadership
Section A: Exploring Leadership Discourse
Section B: Conceptualising Leadership
Section C: Analysing Leadership Discourse
Summary
8 Researching Professional Communication
Section A: Starting from Real-Life Practices and Problems
Section B: Collecting and Analysing Data
Section C: Addressing Real-life Issues and Improving Current Practice
Task Commentaries
Appendix: Transcription Conventions
Glossary
Further Reading
References
Index