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Publication details [#15530]
Scheuer, Jann. 2001. Recontextualization and communicative styles in job interviews. Discourse Studies 3 (2) : 223–248. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications
ISBN
1461-4456
Journal WWW
Annotation
This article presents, discusses and analyses data from a Danish empirical study of authentic job interviews.
Drawing on critical discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, as well as other fields, the author explores the relationship between success in job interviews and communicative style. The recontextualization of lifeworld resources is approached through both qualitative and quantitative analyses of spoken language. The author demonstrates that certain communicative styles and recontextualizations formed by a combination of lifeworld and job-related perspectives are more successful in job interviews; on the basis of sociolinguistic evidence, he argues that these styles and recontextualizations are products of general processes of socialization rather than products of formal education.