Spanish at work : analysing institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world /

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Other Authors / Creators:Lorenzo-Dus, Nuria.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • 1. Spanish at Work - Analysing the Discourse of Institutions
  • Part I. Languages, Identities and Media Institutions
  • 2. Languages, Identities and Media Institutions in the Spanish-Speaking World
  • 3. The Construction of Canarian Identity in the First Telenovela on Canarian Television
  • 4. Linguistic Ideology in Galician Factual Radio Broadcasts: towards the Castilianisation of Galician Pronunciation Traits?
  • 5. A Gente é Latino: the Making of New Cultural Spaces in Brazilian Diaspora Television
  • 6. Tu voz es tu voto: the Role of Spanish in the 2008 United States Presidential Elections
  • Part II. Discourse, Persuasion and Performance in Political Institutions
  • 7. Discourse, Persuasion and Performance in Political Institutions across the Spanish-Speaking World
  • 8. A Critical Analysis of the Housing Policies Aimed at the Extremely Poor: the Case of the Social Development Secretariat of Buenos Aires City
  • 9. Contested Talk and the (Co-)Construction of Identity: Spanish Parliamentary Debate
  • 10. Political Implicature in Parliamentary Discourse: an Analysis of Mariano Rajoy's Speech on the 2006 Catalan Statute of Autonomy
  • 11. Bolivarianism and Socialism: a Corpus-Driven Investigation into Changes in Hugo Chávez's Rhetoric
  • Part III. Discourse, Interpersonal Relations and the Workplace
  • 12. Discourse, Interpersonal Relations and the Workplace in the Spanish-Speaking World
  • 13. Managing Intersubjectivity and Establishing Consensus in Two Activity Types: Business Negotiations and Student Workgroups
  • 14. Vaya, iqué chungo! Rapport-Building Talk in Service Encounters: the Case of Bars in Seville at Breakfast Time
  • 15. How to Get Rid of a Telemarketing Agent: Face-Work Strategies in an Intercultural Service Call
  • 16. Discourse as a Tool for the Diagnosis of Psychosis: a Linguistic and Psychiatric Study of Communication Decline
  • Bibliography
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index