Legal discourse

    Lawyers' courtroom speech

    The discursive structure of judicial opinions

    The use of humor in legal proceedings

    Judges' questioning of lawyers

Medical discourse

    Physicians' progress notes

    Physician-patient communication

Political discourse

    The discursive construction of nationalism

    Political metaphors

The use of metaphor

     Metaphorical constructions of social and political categories   

Language and gender

    Men's and women's speech styles

    Language and sexuality

African-American speech styles

    Codeswitching and code choice

The evolution of communication