Investigating Specialized Discourse: Third Revised Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783034306706)

Investigating Specialized Discourse is a shortened and revised textbook edition of the monograph Specialized Discourse (2003). This book analyses the various features of specialized discourse in order to assess its degree of specificity and diversification, as compared to general language. Prior to any analysis of such traits, the notion of specialized discourse and its distinctive properties are clarified. The presence of such properties is accounted for not only in linguistic but also in pragmatic terms since the approach is interpretative rather than merely descriptive. Indeed, the complexity of this discourse calls for a multidimensional analysis, covering both lexis and morpho-syntax as well as textual patterning. Some lexical aspects, morpho-syntactic features and textual genres are also examined from a diachronic perspective, thus showing how various conventions concerning specialized discourse have developed over the last centuries.

Author: Maurizio Gotti
ISBN-10: 3034306709
ISBN-13: 9783034306706
Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2011
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 171