scholarly journals Functional approach to professional discourse exploration in linguistics. Edited by Elena N. Malyuga. Springer international publishing». 335 pp. ISBN 978-981-32-9102-7

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
T. A. Guralnik
Keyword(s):  
Functional Approach ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
International Publishing

Review of the monograph by a group of Russian researchers on multiple aspects of professional communication considered from the perspective of functional linguistics.

The problem of teaching communicative tactics in English-language professional discourse

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Svetlana S. Andreeva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Language Documentation ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
The Will

The work discusses the problem of teaching students of civil engineering departments English-language civil engineering discourse, in particular, communicative tactics of this type of discourse. We substantiate the need to form students’ skills in using the communicative tactics applied in civil engineering discourse in professional communication. We give an overview of com-municative tactics of written discourse used by the authors of English-language documentation in civil engineering professional field. The purpose of the study is to determine the level of students’ skills in using communicative tactics in a foreign language professional written speech. Theoretical and practical research showed that in a modern technical university, insufficient attention is paid to teaching students this component of professional discourse. At the same time, the level of students’ skills to use communicative tactics in professional communication is quite low, which led us to the conclusion that it is of paramount importance to include this component in the pro-gram of teaching a foreign language in a professional field. The results of the will serve as the ba-sis for the development of a methodic model of teaching civil engineering students the communic-ative tactics of professional civil engineering discourse.

scholarly journals DENOMINATION OF DOSAGE FORMS IN RUSSIA: DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERMS

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Olga B. Burdina ◽  
◽  
Olga G. Olekhnovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
17Th Century ◽  
Dosage Forms ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Terminology System

The research deals with the issue of terms and their functioning in professional discourse. According to the cognitive and discourse approach, a term is regarded as a representative of knowledge which participates in the processes of receiving, processing, storing and transmitting information about the world and human activity. The purpose of the research is to investigate the linguistic characteristics of terms belonging to the pharmaceutical terminology system at different stages of its development. The article contains analysis of two sets of terms introduced during two historical periods: at the stage of formation of the terminology system (17th century) and at the modern stage (since the beginning of the 21st century). Each of the stages is represented by its own type of terminologization. The research material is composed of Latin/Latinized and Russian terms with the meaning ‘dosage form’ found in pharmaceutical documents (handwritten recipes of the 17th century from the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts; State Pharmacopoeias of the Russian Federation). The first part of the study describes the thematic group ‘names of dosage forms’ of the 17th century. Latin and corresponding Russian terms and nomenclature names formed on their basis are analyzed in this part. The reason for the presence of variations within the terminology group is studied. In the second part of the paper, the linguistic and extralinguistic reasons for the transformation of this group of terminological units are studied, the productivity of new models for the denomination of dosage forms is analyzed. Methodologically, the study is based on the comparative, structural, etymological methods of analysis, the expert method (used when selecting terms from the collection of pharmaceutical texts) and terminological modeling. The authors came to the following conclusions: being an instrument of language of professional communication, a term expresses a special concept and develops in the process of functioning; due to its dynamic nature, a term develops in discourse and forms new connections within the terminology system of the professional discourse (pharmacy, in the case of our study); on the other hand, the development of the terminology system contributes to the process of ordering terminology.

scholarly journals Oil and gas business specialists’ professional discourse structure and functions study

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 01221
Author(s):  
Liliya Z. Samigullina ◽  
Elina F. Samigullina
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Anthropological Theory ◽  
Knowledge Presentation ◽  
Theory Of Language ◽  
Structure And Functions

The article deals with professional discourse which is defined as a speech in the aspect of the event, permeated with extralinguistic, sociocultural, psychological, professional and other factors, as a verbal communication aimed at theoretical and practical business problems solution and requiring special training and experience in a definite sphere of activity. The situation in professional discourse is a kind of professional knowledge presentation depending on the participants’ personal experience. The structure and the main functions of professional discourse are revealed. The fixed and stereotyped character of any professional activity gives a solid ground for professional domains conceptual linguistic modelling, viewed as a base for languages for specific purposes ideographic description. The linguistic modelling can be carried out within the framework of cognitive spheres I. “Nature”. II. “Man”. III. “Society”. IV. “Cognition (a priori)”. The developed professional discourse description model could serve both the needs of the anthropological theory of language and the need to improve the practice of professional communication in different fields.

scholarly journals Thai persuasive discourse: a systemic functional approach to an analysis of amulet advertisements

2009 ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pattama Patpong
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Text Type ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Printed Media ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Persuasive Discourse ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Contextual Values

Advertisements, as a distinct register or text type, are characterized by particular patterns of language with underlying meaning of purchasing a promoted product (Toolan, 1988). Thus advertisement is a good example of the creative use of persuasive strategies which can be illustrated through language. This study aims to explore amulet advertisements as examples of persuasive discourse widely found in Thailand. In the Thai context, the advertising of amulets and Buddha images seem prevalent in a wide range of printed media – leaflets, newspapers, magazines, and books. Data for this paper are drawn from three amulet advertisements (collected from March 2005 to March 2007). All of them are taken from Thailand’s best selling printed newspaper – Thairath. The linguistic framework used in this study is Systemic Functional Linguistics, initially developed by Michael A. K. Halliday. Two key aspects of SFL are analysed – context and lexicogrammar strata. Based on the Thai context, three contextual values – field, tenor, and mode are discussed. In terms of lexicogrammatical analysis, the study will focus on an exploration of three metafunctions – textual, interpersonal, and experiential.

The value of a pragma-functional approach to intercultural conflict discourses

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margo Lecompte-Van Poucke
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Intercultural Conflict ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Linguistic Patterns ◽  
Context Of Situation ◽  
Political Decision Making

Abstract Systemic functional linguistics focuses on the study of language use within its registerial context of situation. The theory offers a meaning-based approach for the analysis of discourses in generic and culture-specific settings. When it comes to the analysis of conflict discourses across cultural boundaries, SFL may be integrated into a framework that relates language use to the notions of power and ideology and the dimensions of culture and history to provide a broader picture to inform future political decision-making. This paper presents a pragma-functional approach combining systemic functional linguistics, argumentation theory, critical theory and postcolonial insights. The analytical tool is illustrated with reference to the New Caledonian independence debate through the analysis of salient linguistic patterns and discursive moves in two open letters, published in April 1988, by Kanak independence leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou and former French President François Mitterrand.

Fostering civility and politeness awareness in professional discourse: Critical genre analysis of course books in professional communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-329
Author(s):  
Alcina Pereira de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Service Encounter ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Rapport Management ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThis paper aims to analyse a set of communicative events within the service encounter genre in tourism and leisure interdiscursive domains as displayed in course books on professional communication in English (commonly pointing to ESP). These supposedly replicate interaction in real life settings. Therefore, it is relevant to uncover the ways authentic interactions can be interpreted in the pedagogical setting of workplace conversation from a discursive and pragmatic perspective. More specifically, this empirical and exploratory study discusses ways of improving rapport management skills in interpersonal and intercultural communication, in general, and in professional interaction, in particular, in a selection of excerpts on greeting / asking for info exchanges. The study uncovers participants’ possible co-constructions of civility and politeness strategies in naturally occurring classroom discourse supported by course materials in English for glocal communication across segments in the tourism domain as object of this study.

scholarly journals MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL DISCOURSE WITHIN THE COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Vishnyakova ◽  
O. D. Vishnyakova ◽  
A. V. Kiseleva
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Medical Professional ◽  
Medical Discourse ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Verbal Interactions ◽  
Patient Functioning ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Cognitive Linguistic ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Doctor Communication

Research into professional discourse is closely connected with the multilayer analysis of ESP within the cognitive linguistic framework. It is very important to consider the anthropocentric focus of the cognitive discursive paradigm and the special attention traditionally paid to the linguistic representation of certain mental structures which serve as a basis for professional communication. Medical discourse studies have a lot to do with the communicative activity involving human life and health, that is why medical discourse needs to be analyzed from the viewpoints of anthropocentric and functional linguistic approaches, as research into various kinds of verbal interactions encompasses both professional communication among specialists and patient-doctor communication, a patient functioning simultaneously as the subject and the recipient of medical aid. As far as specific mental structures are concerned, verbal expressiveness depends on the functional properties of corresponding language units, their pragmatic and communicative characteristics, which tend to be manifested in conceptual metaphorical representation. The aim of this article is to analyze vast empirical material and single out the most significant cognitive linguistic peculiarities of modern English medical discourse. Cognitive linguistic approach allows scientists to define the essence of professional languages as well as to contemplate other research prospects in the context of medical discourse analysis.

scholarly journals Functioning of the author's terms of the social sciences in professional discourse

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-141
Author(s):  
A. G. Anisimova ◽  
A. A. Kosarina ◽  
A. E. Fedotova
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Information Analysis ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Language For Specific Purposes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Given

Today studying author terms in different fields of knowledge remains a highly topical issue since they form the basis of every LSP (Language for Specific Purposes). Though many terminological issues have already been studied, the status of author's terms remains ambiguous as well as their functioning within the professional discourse, i.e. professional communication in a particular field of knowledge. Having chosen the terminology of social sciences as the material for the given research, the authors of the article single out author's terms within its framework and make an attempt to describe the main functions of author's terms in different contexts. The methods of the research include the following: information analysis and synthesis, contextual and contrastive analysis, comparative analysis of definitions. Theoretical significance of the article lies in the fact that it allows to get a better understanding of what the author's term is and to distinguish between the term and the author's term. The described functions of author's terms in professional discourse are a step forward towards studying general terminological issues. The research has revealed that author's terms perform three main functions: the nominative one, the emotive one and the expressing polemics with the author, who coined or popularized a particular term.

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