A1 Journal article (refereed)
The linguistic construction of business decisions (2021)

Szenes, E. (2021). The linguistic construction of business decisions. Language, Context and Text, 3(2), 335-366. https://doi.org/10.1075/langct.20008.sze

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All authors or editors: Szenes, Eszter

Journal or series: Language, Context and Text

ISSN: 2589-7233

eISSN: 2589-7241

Publication year: 2021

Publication date: 15/10/2021

Volume: 3

Issue number: 2

Pages range: 335-366

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/langct.20008.sze

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

This paper models analytical tools for identifying the linguistic resources at play in constructing business decision-making in high-scoring undergraduate business reports from a systemic functional linguistic perspective. Drawing on the discourse semantic system of APPRAISAL and coupling theory in systemic functional linguistics, this paper illustrates a process for analysing the linguistic construction of investment opportunities and risks in undergraduate business reports through the ‘coupling’ of different types of discourse semantic meanings. This study has pedagogical implications for making explicit the key language resources critical for constructing business decisions in undergraduate business studies.

Keywords: academic writing; evaluation; commercial sciences; decision making; rhetoric; discourse research; semantics; functional linguistics

Free keywords: academic writing; appraisal; business higher education; business rhetoric; coupling; decision-making; discourse semantics; recoupling; systemic functional linguistics; undergraduate business

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Reporting Year: 2021

JUFO rating: 1