The Discourse of Sport Page 1 Page 2 The Discourse of Sport This book presents an innovative
collection of research from socially oriented applied linguists working on the topic of sport …

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 …

This article explores the discursive behaviour of professional male team sports players in
post-match interviews from a social identity construction perspective. Drawing on a data set …

In this article I explore the way New Zealand English speakers use language in post-match
interviews after professional televised rugby games. More specifically, I focus on the …

Abstract During Covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand from March to June 2020, gendered
discourses appeared in artistic and commercial products featuring Ashley Bloomfield, New …

Televised interviews embrace a diversity of genres and formats. The particular genre studied
here, the British football post-match interview, seems to privilege evaluation and …

This thesis is an analysis of authentic communication between professionals at work in three
workplaces (Company NZ1, NZ2 and M). The research involves a contrastive study of …

This article takes a cognitive, interactional perspective on pluricentricity and examines the
use of fragmental constructions in a mid-sized dataset, drawing on recordings of British …

Traditionally a sport which is played predominantly in English speaking countries such as
New Zealand, England, and Australia, rugby is gaining in popularity in other countries such …

The role of the football manager has been subject to research attention in a range of fields
(Carter 2006; Carter 2007; Kelly 2008; Kelly and Harris 2010; Llewellyn 2003). However …