Professional Discourse

This project deals with (primarily written) discourse produced in a professional context. The main emphasis is on business letters. Research is based on a database of 600 letters which are analyzed in terms of the linguistic realization of so-called 'face-threatening acts'. The corpus consists of three languages: native English, non-native English, and native Dutch.

Beteiligte Wissenschaftler:

Prof. Dr. R. Geluykens, Prof. Dr. C. Braecke (Universität von Antwerpen), Prof. Dr. K. Pelsmaekers (Universität von Antwerpen)

Veröffentlichungen:

Geluykens, R., C. Braecke, H. Cuyckens, G. Jacobs: "The use of modal auxiliaries in non-native communicative style", in: Pütz, M. (ed.). The cultural context in foreign language teaching. (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1997). pp. 67-81.

Geluykens, R.: "Face-threatening acts in business English: Directness vs indirectness", in: Auwera, Van der, J., F. Durieux, L. Lejeune (eds.). English as a Human Language: To Honour Louis Goossens. (München: Lincom Europa, 1998). pp. 195-200.

Geluykens, R., K. Pelsmaekers (eds.): (in press) Discourse in Professional Settings. (München: Lincom Europa).

Geluykens, R., K. Pelsmaekers: (in press) Bibliography of Institutional Discourse 1985-1998. [ibidem].

Geluykens, R.: (in press) Requests and politeness in native vs non-native business correspondence. [ibidem].

Geluykens, R., K. Pelsmaekers: (in press) "Analyzing institutional discourse: An introduction", in: Discourse in Professional Settings.