An Examination of Discourse Practices Within an I.T. Training Environment An Examination of Discourse Practices within an I.T. Training Environment Introduction and Aims of the Investigation It has long been widely recognised that language is central to the process of education and its role with regard to power and authority has been examined by numerous researchers (see Atkinson, Davies, and Delamont, 1995; Coulthard, 1994; Duszak, 1997; Fairclough, 2001; Fairclough and Wodak, 1997; Fisher and Todd, 1986; Mercer, 1995; Wodak, 1996). The I. T. training room is in many ways ...

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