Discourse in the Professions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Contents; Introduction; Section I; Section II; Section III; Section IV; Index; The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics
Summary
This book explores the structure and use of academic and professional discourse through the lens of corpus linguistics. The goal of this book is to show how insights from corpus linguistic analyses can help us better understand how we use academic and professional language and help us find ways to better train newcomers to the genres used in various professional contexts. The contributions to this book show that specialized corpora of specific genres from a variety of fields allow us to make more relevant observations about the function and use of language for particular purposes. The specia
