
The Language of Business Studies Lectures
A corpus-assisted analysis
Belinda Crawford Camiciottoli(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 15. May 2007
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-90-272-5400-9 (ISBN)
Description
New opportunities in the global workplace have heightened interest in business studies. In response to this trend, this book presents an in-depth analysis of a corpus of authentic business studies lectures, focusing on spoken, academic, disciplinary and professional features (e.g., speech rate, interactive devices, specialized lexis) that are crucial to comprehension, but often problematic for non-native speakers. The investigation adopts an original multi-pronged approach including quantitative, qualitative and comparative analyses. It utilizes techniques drawn mainly from corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, but also integrates observational and ethnographic methods to provide unique extra-linguistic insights. The study is thus a full-circle interpretive account of this dynamic spoken genre where academia and profession converge. The book shows how business studies lectures are characterised by a synergy of discourses and communicative channels that reflect the community of practice, highlighting the need to help international business students develop multiple literacies to overcome present and future challenges.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-5400-9 (9789027254009)
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Content
1. Table of contents; 2. Preface; 3. List of acronyms and abbreviations; 4. List of tables and figures; 5. Introduction; 6. Background to the study: The merger of discourses; 7. The business studies lecture corpus: Design, collection and analysis; 8. Speaking to the audience; 9. Interacting with the learners; 10. Teaching the discipline and the profession; 11. Beyond speaking: Multimodal aspects; 12. Final remarks; 13. References; 14. Appendix A: Transcript samples from the twelve lectures of the BSLC; 15. Appendix B: Specialized lexis in the BSLC ranked according to frequency; 16. Name index; 17. Subject index