Overview

Investigating Specialized Discourse is a shortened and revised textbook edition of the monograph Specialized Discourse (2003). This book analyses the various features of specialized discourse in order to assess its degree of specificity and diversification, as compared to general language. Prior to any analysis of such traits, the notion of specialized discourse and its distinctive properties are clarified. The presence of such properties is accounted for not only in linguistic but also in pragmatic terms since the approach is interpretative rather than merely descriptive. Indeed, the complexity of this discourse calls for a multidimensional analysis, covering both lexis and morpho-syntax as well as textual patterning. Some lexical aspects, morpho-syntactic features and textual genres are also examined from a diachronic perspective, thus showing how various conventions concerning specialized discourse have developed over the last centuries.

Full Product Details

Author:   Maurizio Gotti
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9783034306706

ISBN 10:   3034306709
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   27 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Contents: Defining the Notion of 'Specialized Discourse' - Lexical Features of Specialized Discourse - Syntactic Features of Specialized Discourse - Textual Features of Specialized Discourse - The Development of Specialized Discourse in the 17th Century - The Origins of the Experimental Essay - The Formation of the Lexis of Computer Science - The Language of Popularisation.

Reviews

«Many teachers will profitably make use of this book and it is most likely to be gratefully consulted by all who are seriously involved in discourse research. -- Olga Karpova

Author Information

Maurizio Gotti is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Bergamo. He is Director of CERLIS, the research centre on specialized languages based at the University of Bergamo. His main research areas are the features and origins of specialized discourse (Robert Boyle and the Language of Science, 1996, Specialized Discourse: Linguistic Features and Changing Conventions, 2003).

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions