Language and Text Variation
in Business and Economics
Università di Firenze
3-4 Febbraio 2005
Facoltà di Economia
Polo delle Scienze Sociali,
v. delle Pandette 9
50127 Firenze
Comitato organizzatore:
Gabriella Del Lungo (Università di Firenze)
Marina Bondi (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Julia Bamford (Università di Roma - La Sapienza)
Marina Dossena (Università di Bergamo)
The conference will focus on the discourse of business and economics from a variety of perspectives, both synchronic and diachronic. Possible topics are:
Modes and Media
Diachronic and Diatopic variation
Genres and Discourse Focus on Correspondence
Evaluation and Intersubjectivity
Interaction and Persuasion
Disciplinary and Professional Identities
Plenary Speakers
The speakers who have accepted to participate in the conference are Francesca Bargiela, Britt-Louise Gunnarsson, Anna Mauranen, Irma Taavitsainen. Their plenaries will be as follows:
Francesca Bargiela: Polyphony or pseudo-dialogue? Multimodality, hypertextuality and Internet banking
Britt-Louise Gunnarsson: Swedish economists writing articles in Swedish and English. Text patterns in Ekonomisk tidskrift and Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Anna Mauranen: Rhetorically speaking: repetition and repair in making a point
Irma Taavitsainen: A construction of professional identities in a historical perspective
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