Needs analysis, carried out to establish the “what” and the “how” of a course, is the first
stage in English for specific purposes (ESP) course development, followed by curriculum …

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: De Silva Joyce, Helen.| Feez, Susan. Title: Exploring …

Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction to pragmatics which
both covers theory and applies it to real spoken and written data. This textbook …

Health and Risk Communication provides a critical and comprehensive overview of the core
issues surrounding health and risk communication from the perspective of applied …

Vague category markers (hereafter VCMs), also known as general extenders, are a
pervasive phenomenon of spoken discourse. They include expressions such as and things …

Firms have a lot to lose from the entry of competitors into their markets. Grounded in the
research on interfirm rivalry and strategic communication, we proposed and tested …

Given the proliferation of 'intelligent'and 'socially-aware'digital assistants embodying
everyday mobile technology–and the undeniable logic that utilising voice-activated controls …

The ever-increasing access to the Internet across the globe has made it possible for
language educators to implement telecollaboration, which can be defined as online …

Elastic language carries non-specific and stretchable meaning, as in'He loves her, kind of'. It
is used like a slingshot, targeting various strategic goals. Consolidating current research and …

This study develops an overarching theoretical framework of the strategic elasticity of vague
language (eg,“I probably have some books on the topic”), which has been lacking in the …