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THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL DISCOURSE.Britt-LouiseGunnarsson, Per Linell, & Bengt Nordberg (Eds.). London: Longman,1997. Pp. xiv + 328. $31.15 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1998

Sara Trechter
Sara Trechter
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California State University
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Abstract

Most of the 14 papers in this volume were presented at the 1992 conference on Discourse and the Professions in Sweden. The collection focuses on diverse professional contexts and discourses (law, medicine, social work, mediation, teaching, economics, and science) as well as written, spoken, and nonverbal communication in European languages. The papers range from speech-act analyses of legal documents such as wills, patents, and contracts to the sociopolitical critique of the discursive practices surrounding doctors, patients, and the recipients of social assistance. The volume is held together thematically by each researcher's effort to demonstrate how professional ways of speaking are constantly being enacted, reenacted, and adapted in society.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1998 , pp. 448 - 449
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1998 Cambridge University Press

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