Spanish at Work

DAVID ATKINSON is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland IRIS BACHMANN is Lecturer in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Manchester, UK JAINE BESWICK is Programme Leader for Portuguese Studies at the University of Southampton, UK, and Lecturer in Linguistics with specialisations in Spanish, Galician and Portuguese LARS FANT is Professor of Ibero-Romance languages at Stockholm University, Sweden MARAiA-ISABEL GONZ LEZ-CRUZ is Senior Lecturer in Grammar and Pragmatics at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ANA MANCERA RUEDA is Lecturer in the Spanish Language Department at the University of Sevilla, Spain MARIANA CAROLINA MARCHESE Lectures at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina CLARE MAR-MOLINERO is Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics and Head of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, UK ROSINA M RQUEZ REITER is Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey, UK MARAiA LAURA PARDO is Professor of Media Discourse Analysis at the University of Buenos Aires and Researcher at the Argentinean CONICET, Argentina MARAiA ELENA PLACENCIA is Reader in Spanish Linguistics at Birkbeck University of London, UK DOMINIC SMITH Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Birmingham, UK is investigating Hugo Chavez's discourse MIRANDA STEWART is currently working for the Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece MARAiA-JESA'S VERA-CAZORLA is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

A state-of-the-art collection of works on institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world. This volume focuses on how language is used in the media, politics and the workplace; what discursive identities are constructed; and how interpersonal relations are negotiated.A state-of-the-art collection of works on institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world. This volume focuses on how language is used in the media, politics and the workplace; what discursive identities are constructed; and how interpersonal relations are negotiated.