PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE USE IN PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT, KEEPING IN VIEW THE GENRE ANALYSIS OF VIJAY K.BHATIA’S ANALYZING GENRE: LANGUAGE USE IN PROFESSIONAL SETTINGS

Abstract

This research focuses on the pragmatic analysis of language in the working or professional contexts of businesses, laws, and academies. The objectives of the study are; to analyze the linguistic processes of professional discourses practiced in specific domains and to examine the differences in the utilization of professional genres and their effects on learners who are non-native English speakers. The present work uses a seven-step genre analysis framework developed by Vijay K. Bhatia, which focuses on analyzing business emails, legal contracts, academic abstracts, and other authentic samples of ESSE (English as a second or subsequent education) students’ written production and native speakers. It has been found that BCCE (Business communication in corporate English) aims at simplicity and concreteness of utterance; Legal Writing pursues the accuracy and formalistic approach; and Academic Writing stresses formal organizational patterns and the qualitative carefulness reflected by hedging phrases. Differences revealed between cultures that concern Native speakers (NSs) are being more formal than specific features of that particular genre. The research concludes that genre sensitivity is essential for business and academic writing at the professional level, especially for authors whose first language is not English, and that the instruction clarity of the given genre will enhance linguistic skills and professional qualifications.