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Functional Approach to Professional Discourse Exploration in Linguistics

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Editors:
  1. Elena N. Malyuga

    1. Department of Foreign Languages, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

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  • Offers cutting edge findings on different types of professional discourse

  • Analyses professional language phenomena from a functional linguistic perspective

  • Discusses issues of speech impacts on recipients and feedback in communication

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction: Professional Discourse in the Focus of Functional Linguistics

    • Evgeniya V. Ponomarenko, Oksana V. Magirovskaya, Svetlana N. Orlova
    Pages 1-20

  3. Professional Discourse: Functional-Linguistic Perspective (Based on Academic Discourse)

    • Olga S. Chesnokova, Dmitry S. Khramchenko, Milana E. Kupriyanova
    Pages 21-57

  4. Expressive Syntactic Devices as Means of Forming Advertising Discourse

    • Olga V. Aleksandrova, Ekaterina A. Korableva, Antonina A. Kharkovskaya
    Pages 59-93

  5. Functional and Linguistic Features of Humour in Economic Discourse

    • Elena N. Malyuga, Alex Krouglov, Maria V. Ivanova
    Pages 95-129

  6. Study of Precedent Text Pragmatic Function in Modern Economic Discourse

    • Victoria V. Sibul, Victoria V. Vetrinskaya, Elizaveta G. Grishechko
    Pages 131-163

  7. Peculiarities of Argumentative Strategies of Modern English Political Discourse

    • Samvel A. Abrahamyan, Maria A. Banshchikova
    Pages 165-198

  8. Discursive Construction of “Others” in the Semiotic Space of Political Communication

    • Lyudmila V. Kulikova, Juliya I. Detinko
    Pages 199-230

  9. Medical Professional Discourse in Terms of Cognitive Linguistic Analysis

    • Elizaveta A. Vishnyakova, Olga D. Vishnyakova, Irina V. Smirnova
    Pages 231-266

  10. Professional Discourse Situations as Quanta of Professional Communication

    • Igor V. Chekulai, Olga N. Prokhorova, Anna V. Kiseleva
    Pages 267-303

  11. Word-Building Processes in Professional Romance Languages (Exemplified by Professional Terminology in the Area of Fashion)

    • Galina V. Ovchinnikova, Natalia V. Poliakova, Aryuna G. Ivanova
    Pages 305-335
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About this book

This book presents research into various types of professional discourse through the prism of the functional linguistics approach. Focusing mainly on practical aspects of speech, the book discusses various topics, such as structural, semantic, cognitive and pragmatic characteristics of professional discourse, argumentation strategies, humour in professional discourse, and word-building processes. It also highlights communicative effectiveness methods in professional discourse. Offering new ideas and discussing the latest findings, the book is intended for researchers, lecturers and professionals in the field.

Reviews

“Reading this book proved to be an inspiring experience for me, as a researcher in functional linguistics and discourse analysis. It gave me an opportunity to learn how to make use of linguistic knowledge to improve professional communication efficiency. … Functional Approach to Professional Discourse Explorations in Linguistics is still a highly recommended book for researchers, lecturers and professionals who are interested in professional communication, functional linguistics and discourse analysis.” (Ruby Rong Wei, Discourse Studies, Vol. 23 (1), February, 2021)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Foreign Languages, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

    Elena N. Malyuga

About the editor

Elena N. Malyuga is an Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Head of  Foreign Languages Department, Economics Faculty of RUDN University (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia). She is also a Professor with D.Sc. in Linguistics, and the Editor of Training Language and Culture. Her scientific interests include functional pragmatics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, intercultural business communication and profession oriented education. She has authored more than 250 publications, including course books, monographs and research articles indexed by Web of Science and Scopus. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Functional Approach to Professional Discourse Exploration in Linguistics

  • Editors: Elena N. Malyuga

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9103-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9102-7Published: 16 August 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9105-8Published: 16 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9103-4Published: 06 August 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 335

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Discourse Analysis, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Communication Studies

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