Language and Professional Identity: Aspects of Collaborative Interaction (Palgrave Studies in Professional and Oganizational Discourse)

✍ Scribed by Keith Richards

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explores the ways in which professional groups develop specific interactional procedures for conducting and representing their activities, all of which contribute to a distinctive collaborative identity. It highlights the drawbacks as well as the advantages of collaborative talk, pointing to ways of improving professional performance. Its investigation of topics such as identity, argument, narrative, and metaphor means that it should appeal to researchers outside the fields of applied linguistics and professional communication, for whom it is primarily intended.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures and Tables......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Transcription Conventions......Page 11
1 Introduction......Page 12
2 Collaborative Identity: The Power of the Group......Page 38
3 Staying Onside: The Negotiation of Argument......Page 66
4 The Joke's on Them: Varieties of Humour in Collaborative Talk......Page 103
5 The Interactional Dynamic: Stories from the Back Region......Page 146
6 Seeing Things Our Way: The Establishment of Common Perspectives......Page 175
7 Us and Them: Constructing the Other......Page 201
8 Conclusion......Page 230
References......Page 242
C......Page 253
L......Page 254
S......Page 255
W......Page 256