Professional communication: consultancy, advocacy, activism

"This edited book presents contemporary empirical research investigating the use of language in professional settings, drawing on the contributions of a set of internationally-renowned authors. The book takes a critical approach to understanding professional communication in a range of fields and global contexts. Split into three parts, covering Healthcare, Business, Politics and Institutions, the contributors explore how and why academics engage in workplace research which takes the form of 'consultancy', 'advocacy' and 'activism'. In light of an ever-changing, ever-demanding global landscape, this volume offers new theoretical and methodological ways of conducting professional communication research with real-world impact. It will be of interest to linguistics and communication researchers and practitioners, particularly those working in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, business communication, health communication, political communication, language and the law and organisational studies."--

Chapter 1: Rethinking Language in the Professions: New Departures for Global Workplace Research / Louise Mullany -- Part I: Business and Organisations -- Chapter 2: Training "International Engineers" in Japan: discourse, Discourse and Stereotypes / Michael Handford -- Chapter 3: The Relevance of Applied Linguistic and Discourse Research: On the Margins of Communication Consultancy / Erika Darics -- Chapter 4: Language, Gender and Leadership: Applying the Sociolinguistics of Narrative Identity in East Africa / Masibo Lumala and Louise Mullany -- Chapter 5: Culture Change and Rebranding in the Charity Sector: A Linguistic Consultancy Approach / Veronika Koller and Gill Ereaut -- Chapter 6: The Practitioner's View: The Value of Linguistics in International Business Consultancy / Roshni Mooneeram -- Part II: Healthcare -- Chapter 7: Talking About Diabetes and Healthy Lifestyle in Primary Healthcare: Translating Research Findings into Practice / Maria Stubbe, Lindsay Macdonald, Rachel Tester, Lesley Gray, Jo Hilder, Kevin Dew and Tony Dowell) -- Chapter 8: Speaking of Digital Communication: Home-based Telehealth for Patients and Providers / Boyd Davis, Kathryn van Ravenstein and Charle…