" This book describes the most important kinds of texts in English and introduces the
methodological techniques used to analyze them. Three analytical approaches are …

This book offers a unique view of multilingualism in higher education from a global
perspective. It presents a contextualised case of a multilingual language policy which takes …

This book represents the culmination of several years of work focusing on the discourse of
business studies, one of the most dynamic and popular disciplines in institutes of higher …

La Odontología hispanoamericana constituye una comunidad discursiva sólidamente
establecida. Sin embargo, hasta la fecha el discurso odontológico no ha sido investigado …

El Ministro de Exteriores de la República francesa, Aristide, Briand, patrocinó en el periodo
de entreguerras un proyecto de unidad europea. Su participación activa facilitó la creación …

In academic oral genres such as conference presentations, speakers resort to more than
words to convey meaning. Research also suggests that persuasion, an important element of …

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Corpus and Discourse Series Editors: Wolfgang Teubert, University of Birmingham, and …

Despite its obvious importance to learning and assessment across the academy, the
undergraduate classroom presentation has received less research attention than other …

The present contribution investigates the use of air quotes in English academic
presentations held by and addressed to scholars of various disciplines and from different …

In line with some promising studies dealing with particular academic speech events at
university level (He, 1993; Tracy, 1997), this article analyses recordings of another …