In line with recent developments in leadership research which conceptualise leadership as
a discursive and collaborative process rather than a set of static attributes and …

This study applies a discourse analytic lens to media interview communication by
professional football managers in order to unpack issues related to language use, identity …

This paper explores the under-researched topic of failed humour in the context of public-
facing media interactions. While most previous pragmatics research has focused on the …

Although swearing is often perceived as intrinsically offensive language, it is how swearing
use is indexed against a person's understanding of local social norms that constructs …

The theme of this special issue is the analysis of language used to do and describe team
sport. This runs from the micro-analysis of interactional features found in intra-team talk and …

Using the concept of distributed leadership, this paper demonstrates not only that having
multiple leaders in an organisation is an effective way of structuring leadership, but that it …

While this book is a book about language, it is simultaneously a book about what language
helps humans do and what human language patterns can reveal. The main role our …

The study of leadership has attracted scholarly attention for decades and has been studied
from various disciplines and analytical approaches; yet leadership remains an ambiguous …

This paper presents a conversation-analytic study investigating the interactional functions of
repetitions and formulaic language in post-match football (soccer) interviews. The study is …

This chapter aims to (1) share insights from our work exploring how applied linguists can
help sports coaches critically reflect on their linguistic behaviour, and (2) use this work to …