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The stylistics of professional discourse

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The volume proposes a stylistics perspective to investigate the discourse of professional communities. It provides an overview of the evolving field of stylistics and its potential for analysing texts, then goes on to apply these theoretical and methodological tools to three specific communities: healthcare, law and education.

Title The stylistics of professional discourse / Martin Solly.
Publisher Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Creation Date 2016
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content About the book -- Acknowledgements -- Language, style and stylistics -- Professional discourse communities -- Stylistics of healthcare discourse -- Stylistics of legal discourse -- Stylistics of educational discourse -- Stylistics, globalisation and the new technologies -- Stylistics, pedagogy and professional discourse -- Coda -- References -- Index.
Extent 1 online resource (viii, 153 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language English
National Library system number 997010712129705171
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