Publications

Publication details [#12672]

Hydén, Lars-Christer. 1997. The institutional narrative as drama. In Gunnarsson, Britt-Louise, Per Linell and Bengt Nordberg. The Construction of Professional discourse. (Language in Social Life). Longman. pp. 245–264.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

bureaucratese | institutional context | narrative, production of | stylistics | written language

Annotation

It is shown how institutional narratives justify the behavior of the authority in question and that they contribute to the self-understanding of the professional.