Managing Language

Managing Language

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  • Author: Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
  • ISBN: 902725057X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 306

The book attempts to answer the question: what do managers in multinational companies really do during meetings? Following fieldwork in three corporations in Britain and Italy, the picture that emerges is one that challenges the widespread understanding of meetings as boring, routine events in the life of an organisation. As the recordings analysed in the book show, organisational meanings and relations come into existence through verbal interaction; these are challenged and manipulated in a constant process of sense-making in search of coherence which engages managers in their daily work life. The pragmatics of pronominalisation, metaphors and discourse markers, as well as thematic development, reveal the dynamics of sense-making in both English and Italian. The 'native' perspective adopted in Part One of the book is complemented , in Part Two, by a contrastive study of the structural and pragmatic properties of meetings in the corporate and cultural contexts of the British and Italian multinationals, respectively. Finally, the intercultural dimension of corporate communication is vividly portrayed in the experience of managers of an Anglo-Italian joint venture examined in the concluding chapter.


Language Management

Language Management

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  • Author: Bernard Spolsky
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 0521516099
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 323

This book was the first book to present a specific theory of language management.


Managing Language Diversity

Managing Language Diversity

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  • Author: Sue Wright
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781853594151
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 92

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The Open Handbook of Linguistic Data Management

The Open Handbook of Linguistic Data Management

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  • Author: Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker
  • Publisher: MIT Press
  • ISBN: 0262045265
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 687

A guide to principles and methods for the management, archiving, sharing, and citing of linguistic research data, especially digital data. "Doing language science" depends on collecting, transcribing, annotating, analyzing, storing, and sharing linguistic research data. This volume offers a guide to linguistic data management, engaging with current trends toward the transformation of linguistics into a more data-driven and reproducible scientific endeavor. It offers both principles and methods, presenting the conceptual foundations of linguistic data management and a series of case studies, each of which demonstrates a concrete application of abstract principles in a current practice. In part 1, contributors bring together knowledge from information science, archiving, and data stewardship relevant to linguistic data management. Topics covered include implementation principles, archiving data, finding and using datasets, and the valuation of time and effort involved in data management. Part 2 presents snapshots of practices across various subfields, with each chapter presenting a unique data management project with generalizable guidance for researchers. The Open Handbook of Linguistic Data Management is an essential addition to the toolkit of every linguist, guiding researchers toward making their data FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.


Managing Language in Piers Plowman

Managing Language in Piers Plowman

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  • Author: Gillian Rudd
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780859913928
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272

A fresh approach to ambiguities of language in Piers Plowman. Starting from a consideration of medieval definitions of the word as both logos and verbum, this reading of Piers Plowmanshows that both scholastic and mystic attitudes to language are at play within the poem.Concepts of authority, authorship, interpretation and translation are explored and it is made clear that these are inextricably linked, both in critical debates and in the text itself. The study progresses towards a conclusion that the full potential of language can be realised only when the desire to express things unambiguously is abandoned and ambiguity itself is allowed to be a power and a way of understanding. The rich fabric of Langland's text thusbecomes something to enjoy and participate in, rather than battle with or seek to control. Furthermore, it proves to be a meeting point for medieval and modern theories of text and reading, which are themselves enlivened by this complex and vivid poem. G.A. RUDD lectures in English at the University of Liverpool.


International Management and Language

International Management and Language

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  • Author: Susanne Tietze
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1134139756
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 268

Globalization processes have resulted in the emergence of business and management networks in which the sharing of knowledge is of crucial importance. Combining two contemporary and important subject areas – namely that of international management and also language and communication in multi-language contexts – the author of this book presents a wealth of ideas, examples and applications taken from international and global contexts, which show that ‘language matters’ in the pursuit of international business affairs. The book establishes the theoretical core of its main ideas by introducing two orientations (social construction and linguistic relativity) and demonstrates how they can be drawn on to frame and understand the activities of managers. Highly innovative and topical, Susanne Tietze’s book will appeal to students of international management and international human resource management as well as those studying intercultural communication. It is also useful for managers and practitioners who work internationally.


Language Management

Language Management

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  • Author: Natalie Victoria Wilmot
  • Publisher: Channel View Publications
  • ISBN: 180041594X
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 227

This book draws on case studies of language management within British organisations to examine the decisions they make about language diversity in their professional communications in order to be successful in a multilingual world. It explores the practices that the organisations use to manage language diversity in interorganisational relationships, and why certain practices occur in some situations and not others. The book highlights how organisations rely on individual employees to perform a variety of language tasks and the implications of this; the effect of English as a global lingua franca; and the translation challenges which organisations face. The book demonstrates that practices to manage language diversity are often a result of the resources organisations have at given moments in time, rather than being part of a deliberate language management strategy.


A Language Management Approach to Language Problems

A Language Management Approach to Language Problems

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  • Author: Goro Christoph Kimura
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
  • ISBN: 9027261261
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 285

In recent years there has been increased interest in examining the treatment of language problems across different levels of society, ranging from individual interactional issues to language policy and planning at the national or supra-national level. Among the various approaches to tackle this issue, Language Management Theory (LMT) provides a framework to address behaviour towards language problems on differet levels explicitly and comprehensively. Using LMT as a unifying theoretical concept, the chapters in this volume examine the links between micro and macro dimensions in their analyses of a variety of language problems in Asian and European contexts. This body of work illustrates that the LMT framework is able to show the characteristics of different dimensions clearly, especially when combined with a conceptualization of the micro and macro as a continuum of intertwining elements. This volume will appeal both to those interested in language policy and planning as well as those interested in interaction between speakers from different language backgrounds.


Language, Translation and Management Knowledge

Language, Translation and Management Knowledge

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  • Author: Susanne Tietze
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000428117
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 118

The book provides insights, description and analysis over the knowledge production process within business, organization, and management research. Importantly, it does so from a language and translation perspective. It critically engages with the role of English in this process and provides theoretical argument for the need to include multilingualism in research. Translation is investigated as a concept for future inquiry. The book is expressive and formative of language-based research that is gaining momentum in business, management, and organization research. It offers conceptual innovation through a thorough treatment of multilingualism and translation, having the potentiality to guide future empirical and theoretical research, and to dispel hidden hegemonic knowledge production practices. The readers will gain insights into the current status quo of language-based inquiry, discussions of multilingualism for research design and be informed about the philosophical underpinnings of language-based research. Specifically, the benefits include the review and summary of key publications in this field, discussion and analysis of hidden assumptions of knowledge production, a critical take on knowledge production, an outline and discussion of implications of multilingual research for research design and methods, discussion of philosophical underpinnings and a vision for future research. The book is an invaluable source for all research students whose projects contain elements of multilingual research, whether empirical or theoretical. Likewise, the growing body of researchers who take a language-sensitive approach to their research may find it as a source that ‘pulls together’ the current knowledge status quo while offering discussions of future trajectories. The book is extremely useful for the teaching of research methods in undergraduate, postgraduate and also Master’s or doctoral programmes as many students are not native English speakers and are directly confronted with the subject matter of the book.


Language Course Management

Language Course Management

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  • Author: Richard Rossner
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0194403211
  • Category : Study Aids
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 192

This book explores key issues in course management and provides an essential toolkit of practical and effective strategies for creating a positive teaching and learning environment.