Professional Linguistics is an emergent area of study within
applied linguistics, using discourse analysis to assist people
working in professional domains. This book examines tacit knowledge
- that expertise that is considered to be lost when skilled
practitioners leave an institution. Traditionally it has been
argued that some aspects practical knowledge cannot be articulated.
However, the premise of Polyani's theory of Tacit Knowing ("we know
more than we can tell") does not account for latent patterns that
linguists can uncover in spoken language. Understanding these
discourse patterns provides a way to explore the assumptions people
invoke, but do not make explicit in their work and working
relationships. This book demonstrates an interview method grounded
in systemic functional linguistics that probes the spoken discourse
of IT professionals, through three field studies with actual
corporations. It argues that 'we tell more than we know' and this
'telling more' resides in the taken-as-given patters of grammar and
semantics, making meaning in ways which speakers themselves may not
be attuned to.
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