TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rita Salvi
AU  - Janet Bowker
PY  - 2015
CY  - Lausanne, Switzerland
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1424-8689
SN  - 9783035108439
TI  - The Dissemination of Contemporary Knowledge in English
T2  - Genres, Discourse Strategies and Professional Practices
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0351-0843-9
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1053265
N2  - This volume brings together a series of studies on the nature of the dissemination of specialist knowledge in English, its various principles, conceptualizations, constructs and pragmatic dynamics, over a range of discourse genres: knowledge discourse is addressed to a number of audiences, expert and lay, in a variety of fields, legal, political, economic, institutional, academic, organizational and professional. The authors explore the use of language in the creation and diffusion of knowledge, in its transformation from being a mere repository of information, achieved through complex discursive processes. These processes use both general pragma-linguistic textual resources, and also derive from the communicative practices specific to the discourse communities in question. The studies as a whole demonstrate the multi-levels of knowledge, its very varied typology, and its dynamic nature in ongoing co-construction, maintenance and updating among heterogeneous audiences.
KW  - Genre, English Language, Specialized English, ESP, Discourse
LA  - English
ER  -