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Towards an integrative view
  • Carmen Sancho Guinda
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Engagement in Professional Genres
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Abstract

In this chapter I revisit the concept of metadiscursive engagement, track its major courses of research up to date, and discuss the interpersonal and discursive assumptions it entails. In light of these assumptions, I draw connections among the different contributions to this volume, present a networked picture of engagement resulting from their different understandings, and finally pinpoint challenges and emerging issues. The global and open vision of engagement offered here not only intends to bring together the three major theoretical frameworks resorted to in this volume (i.e. the Appraisal System, the Hylandian Metadiscourse Model and Multimodality), but also to suggest relating them with the idea of ‘distance’ between sender and addressee, explored by both the Appraisal System itself and the pragmatic theories of Proximisation and Politeness.

Abstract

In this chapter I revisit the concept of metadiscursive engagement, track its major courses of research up to date, and discuss the interpersonal and discursive assumptions it entails. In light of these assumptions, I draw connections among the different contributions to this volume, present a networked picture of engagement resulting from their different understandings, and finally pinpoint challenges and emerging issues. The global and open vision of engagement offered here not only intends to bring together the three major theoretical frameworks resorted to in this volume (i.e. the Appraisal System, the Hylandian Metadiscourse Model and Multimodality), but also to suggest relating them with the idea of ‘distance’ between sender and addressee, explored by both the Appraisal System itself and the pragmatic theories of Proximisation and Politeness.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements ix
  4. Foreword xi
  5. Chapter 1. Networking engagement in professional practices 1
  6. Section I. Monomodal genres
  7. Chapter 2. Positioning and proximity of reader engagement 29
  8. Chapter 3. Authorial engagement in business emails 47
  9. Chapter 4. Challenging the concept of pure objectivity in British and Spanish hard news reports 67
  10. Chapter 5. Rebuilding trust in the banking sector 87
  11. Chapter 6. Interrogative engagement as a pragmatic and textual function in Legal Studies 101
  12. Chapter 7. Patients engaging their doctors in the doctor-patient relationship 119
  13. Chapter 8. “Let’s have that conversation on next quarter’s call” 137
  14. Section II. Intersemiotic genres
  15. Chapter 9. Multiplying engagement 157
  16. Chapter 10. Researchers’ move from page to screen 179
  17. Chapter 11. Recruitment websites and the socialization of new employees 197
  18. Chapter 12. Verbal and nonverbal engagement devices in business persuasive discourse 217
  19. Chapter 13. Scifotainment 243
  20. Chapter 14. How much do U.S. patents disclose? 259
  21. Chapter 15. Gestural silence 277
  22. Chapter 16. Silence and engagement in the multimodal genre of synchronous videoconferencing lectures 297
  23. Chapter 17. Organizational metadiscourse across lecturing styles 321
  24. Chapter 18. Engagement of readers/customers in the discourse of e-tourism promotional genres 341
  25. Notes on contributors 359
  26. Names Index 365
  27. Subject Index 367
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.301.01san

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements ix
  4. Foreword xi
  5. Chapter 1. Networking engagement in professional practices 1
  6. Section I. Monomodal genres
  7. Chapter 2. Positioning and proximity of reader engagement 29
  8. Chapter 3. Authorial engagement in business emails 47
  9. Chapter 4. Challenging the concept of pure objectivity in British and Spanish hard news reports 67
  10. Chapter 5. Rebuilding trust in the banking sector 87
  11. Chapter 6. Interrogative engagement as a pragmatic and textual function in Legal Studies 101
  12. Chapter 7. Patients engaging their doctors in the doctor-patient relationship 119
  13. Chapter 8. “Let’s have that conversation on next quarter’s call” 137
  14. Section II. Intersemiotic genres
  15. Chapter 9. Multiplying engagement 157
  16. Chapter 10. Researchers’ move from page to screen 179
  17. Chapter 11. Recruitment websites and the socialization of new employees 197
  18. Chapter 12. Verbal and nonverbal engagement devices in business persuasive discourse 217
  19. Chapter 13. Scifotainment 243
  20. Chapter 14. How much do U.S. patents disclose? 259
  21. Chapter 15. Gestural silence 277
  22. Chapter 16. Silence and engagement in the multimodal genre of synchronous videoconferencing lectures 297
  23. Chapter 17. Organizational metadiscourse across lecturing styles 321
  24. Chapter 18. Engagement of readers/customers in the discourse of e-tourism promotional genres 341
  25. Notes on contributors 359
  26. Names Index 365
  27. Subject Index 367
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