This book offers original corpus research in a range of workplace contexts including office-based settings, call center interactions and healthcare communication. Chapters in this edited volume bring together leading scholars in the field of corpus analysis in workplace discourse and include data from multiple corpora. Employing a range of qualitative and quantitative analytic approaches including Conversation Analysis, Linguistic Profiling and Register Analysis, the book introduces unique specialized corpus data in the areas of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, nursing, and cross-cultural communication, among others.

What is eye-tracking? Why is it important for linguistics? How can I use it in my own research project? Answering these questions and more, this book guides you through one of the most exciting and innovative research methods in the field of linguistics. Divided into three parts, it provides a historical introduction, a foundational overview to the neurology and physiology of the eye and the common measurements and tools used in eye-tracking, a guide to the applications of eye-tracking most pertinent to linguists (reading, the visual-world paradigm, social eye tracking, and classroom applications), and a step-by-step process to plan, execute, analyze and report your research project in eye-tracking. The book covers topics such as reading, lexical and syntactic processing, mind wandering, second language acquisition, and AAC devices, and includes statistical tools and how to write up results. Each chapter also includes self-study questions and a range of applied case studies. Supported by a glossary of key terms and a companion website featuring additional tools and resources for students and teachers, Eye-Tracking in Linguistics is the only book you need to provide a solid foundation for your own research project.

What is eye tracking? Why is it important for linguistics? How can I use it in my own research project? Answering these questions and more, this book guides you through one of the most exciting and innovative research methods in the field of linguistics. Divided into three parts, it provides a historical introduction, a foundational overview to the neurology and physiology of the eye and the common measurements and tools used in eye tracking, a guide to the applications of eye tracking most pertinent to linguists (reading, the visual-world paradigm, social eye tracking, and classroom applications), and a step-by-step process to plan, execute, analyze and report your research project in eye tracking. The book covers topics such as reading, lexical and syntactic processing, mind wandering, second language acquisition, and AAC devices, and includes statistical tools and how to write up results. Each chapter also includes self-study questions and a range of applied case studies. Supported by a glossary of key terms and a companion website featuring additional tools and resources for students and teachers, Eye Tracking in Linguistics is the only book you need to provide a solid foundation for your own research project.

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to discourse intonation for ESL/EFL instructors, whether practicing or in pre-service graduate programs. Because intonation (typically defined as pitch structure that also includes rhythm and stress patterns) is used to form impressions about a speaker's attitude, it is crucial that instructors understand the details of the underlying linguistic system so that they can help students avoid the more common intonation-related pitfalls they experience when communicating in an academic setting. This textbook relies heavily on the Brazil model; chapters are organized around different parts of that model and how they can be most effectively taught. Readers will learn the conventions underlying, for example, how we group words in prosodic units, how we understand turn-taking cues in conversation, and how we assess whether someone is feeling angry or sad, for example.