Professional Communication

Scholars from several countries contribute recent studies of how language works in workplaces and other professional settings. The collection takes a critical stance toward professional communication, examining it across different fields and regions of the world.

The chapters fall into three sections: business and organisations, healthcare, and politics and institutions. Contributors look at why and how academics take part in work-based projects in the roles of consultant, advocate or activist.

As global working life keeps shifting, the volume proposes new theories and methods for studying professional communication in ways that can make a practical difference. It is aimed at linguistics and communication researchers and practitioners, especially those in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, business, health and political communication, language and the law, and organisational studies.