The Language of Work

Name: The Language of Work
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415307291
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By Almut Koester

Series: Intertext

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The Language of Work examines how language operates within business and workplace settings, covering diverse situations such as meetings, informal negotiations, promotional letters, and emails. It explores how work is portrayed in advertising, career magazines, and workplace conversations, and investigates interactions involving small talk, politeness, customer care, and management-employee relationships. The book is supported by lively real-world examples and includes a comprehensive index of terms. A practical section assists readers entering the world of work by analysing job adverts and offering guidance on CV writing and developing transferable skills.
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This book is well suited for students and professionals interested in workplace communication and English language use in business contexts. It also benefits those preparing to enter the job market and seeking to improve their understanding of professional language and interactions.

The Language of Work examines language use in business and the workplace, representations of work and how people in business interact. Includes many real-world examples and a section on entering the world of work.

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The Language of Work examines how language is used in business and the workplace, looking at a range of situations and data: from meetings to informal negotiations, promotional letters to emails.

It explores representations of work in advertising, career magazines, and workplace talk. The book looks at the way people in business interact through small talk, politeness, customer care, and management-employee relationships. It is illustrated with lively examples taken from the real world and includes a full index of terms.

The text features a useful section on entering the world of work, exploring job adverts and texts that give advice on CV writing and developing 'transferable skills'.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415307291

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 May 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 5 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 410g

Pages: 136

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Almut Koester Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Intertext

About the Author

Almut Koester is a Lecturer in English Language at Birmingham University, UK.

The Language of Work