Abstract
The discourse approach for analysing various specified genres and professional discourse communities has increased in recent decades. Globalisation and synergy of disciplines opened up space for the interdisciplinary studies. The analysis of the specialized discourses enables to reveal the peculiarities and dominant concepts of the professional fields. With this in mind, this paper aims to examine the features of discourse employed in the research articles and publications about transport and logistics. The paper analyses the structural and qualitative aspect of the discourse of logistics and transportation. Based on the move/steps model, the main components of the research article in this discourse domain are found. Then, the analysis is focused on the discourse indicators that differ logistics and transportation genres from other academic genres. The changes in the scope and interest domain of logistics are worth“tracking and tracing” from a discursive aspect. The research is carried out on the material compiled of the academic research articles on logistics and transportation, referential resources in the field, and logistic dictionaries. The analysis shows that changes in logistics and transportation correlate with discourse changes. On a diachronic level, many concepts are replaced by new ones containing new approaches and dimensions in logistics. The analysis conducted in this paper brings new insight to both disciplines, logistics and linguistics.
Highlights
The majority of definitions of logistics relates to the transportation and movement “from one point to another”, warehousing, production, handling, storing of goods in an appropriate place
The findings presented in this paper identify the peculiar discourse patterns of the research articles about logistics and transportation, as most representative of the changes and novelties in this field
It is argued at the beginning of this paper that the interdisciplinary nature of logistics and transportation has to a great extent reshaped the discourse practices used among the logistics and transportation stakeholders
Summary
The majority of definitions of logistics relates to the transportation and movement “from one point to another”, warehousing, production, handling, storing of goods in an appropriate place. These activities imply control over the movement of goods and the complex administrative procedures such as processing orders [1, 2]. The main ideas in these definitions are of movement and flow. All definitions need constant revisions as the dynamics of social and institutional changes calls for the new concepts and terminology. Innovations in logistics, enhanced performance and extension of services, have included the concept of integration, networking and rise of integrated systems and logistics networks [3]
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