Sherman / Nekvapil English in Business and Commerce

Interactions and Policies
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5015-0683-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 14, 380 Seiten

Reihe: Language and Social Life [LSL]ISSN

This volume fills an important gap in exploring English in the domains of business and commerce through the prism of sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, as opposed to analyzing business genres or taking a linguodidactic approach. It expands the regional coverage of English in Europe, with several studies based in Central Europe, and also considers contexts which interact with Europe even though they are physically outside of it (Asia, Africa). It addresses English as just one of several languages at play in the ecology of the countries. It focuses not only on the position of languages as declared in documents of various organizations, that is, language policy, but also everyday linguistic practices as observed in business contexts, that is, interactions. The studies are divided into three thematic areas: ideologies and discourses on English in the business sphere, the management of English in business and organizational contexts, and English and other languages on local and international labor markets. It will be of interest to readers concerned with multilingualism in the economic sphere and the workplace and the interplay between macro and micro levels during the management of communication in organizations.

Tamah Sherman, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ji?í Nekvapil, Charles University, Czech Republic

Zielgruppe

Sociolinguists; Language Policy Makers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sherman, Tamah

Nekvapil, Jiri

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fachsprachen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Tamah Sherman, Czech Academy of Sciences, Jirí Nekvapil, Charles University, Czech Republic