Stylistics of Professional Discourse

Martin Solly is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Turin. His main current research interests are language learning in higher education and specialised discourse in academic and professional settings. He is particularly concerned with the relationship between language and context (institutional, disciplinary, intercultural, community), as well as with how language choice impacts on the construction and representation of identity

• List of illustrationsPreface1. Language, style and stylistics2. Professional discourse communities3. Stylistics of healthcare discourse4. Stylistics of legal discourse5. Stylistics of educational discourse6. Stylistics, globalization and the new technologies7. Stylistics, pedagogy and professional discourseCodaReferencesIllustrations

Martin Solly elegantly demonstrates that stylistics can reveal how professional groups mark their distinctive identity, with doctors, lawyers and educators providing the model. He deftly draws out the stylistic techniques that can create a sense of shared community, and in the process provides a primer of approaches to analysing discourse.