Spanish at work Analysing institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world /

A state-of-the-art collection of works on institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world. This volume focuses on how language is used in the media, politics and the workplace; what discursive identities are constructed; and how interpersonal relations are negotiated.

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Group Author: Lorenzo-Dus, Nuria.
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230299214
Summary: A state-of-the-art collection of works on institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world. This volume focuses on how language is used in the media, politics and the workplace; what discursive identities are constructed; and how interpersonal relations are negotiated.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230579101, 2010.
Carrier Form: 312 p. : 5 figures, 6.
ISBN: 9780230579095
9780230299214 :
0230299210 :
CLC: H0
Contents: Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Tables Introduction-- N.Lorenzo-Dus PART I: LANGUAGES, IDENTITIES AND MEDIA INSTITUTIONS IN THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD Introduction to Part I-- N.Lorenzo-Dus The Construction of Canarian Identity in the First Telenovela on Canarian Television-- M.I.Gonzalez Cruz & M.J.Vera Cazorla Linguistic Ideology in Galician Factual Radio Broadcasts: Towards the Castilianisation of Galician Pronunciation Traits?-- J.Beswick A Gente e Latino: The Making of New Cultural Spaces in Brazilian Diaspora Television-- I.Bachmann Tu voz es tu voto: The Role of Spanish in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections-- C.Mar-Molinero PART II: DISCOURSE, PERSUASION AND PERFORMANCE IN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Introduction to Part II: N.Lorenzo-Dus A Critical Analysis of Housing Policies Aimed at the Extremely Poor: The Case of the Social Development Secretariat of Buenos Aires City-- M.C.Marchese Contested Talk and the (Co-)Construction of Identity: Spanish Parliamentary Debate-- M.Stewart Political Implicature in Parliamentary Discourse: An analysis of Mariano Rajoy's Speech on the 2006 Catalan Statute of Autonomy-- D.Atkinson Bolivarianism and Socialism: A Corpus-driven Investigation into Changes in Hugo Chavez' Rhetoric-- D.Smith PART III: DISCOURSE AND THE WORKPLACE Introduction to Part III: N.Lorenzo-Dus Managing Intersubjectivity and Establishing Consensus in two Activity Types: Business Negotiations and Student Workgroups-- L.Fant Vaya, Ique Chungo! Rapport-building Talk in Service Encounters: The Case of Bars at Breakfast Time-- M.E.Placencia & A.Mancera Rueda How to Get Rid of a Telemarketing Agent: Face-work Strategies in an Intercultural Service Call-- R.Marquez Reiter Discourse as a Tool for the Diagnosis of Psychosis: A Linguistic and Psychiatric study of Communication Decline-- M.L.Pardo References Index.