This volume investigates the issues of email discourse conducted in Business English as a lingua franca (BELF) by specialists working in international teams within the field of project management. It discusses aspects of team language and team culture in professional environments taking into consideration the tenets of anthropocentric linguistics.

Justyna Zając is Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw. Her main research interests lie in intercultural business and specialist communication, communication in virtual project teams, the use of English as the business lingua franca (BELF) and communication audit.

Contents: Model and Characteristics of Specialist Communication – Anthropocentric Approach – Communication in Global Corporations – BELF and third culture – Communication in Global Virtual Teams – Project management – Communication tools (Electronic, Web 2.0) – Team language and team culture – Email Communication in Global Virtual Teams – Plane of text and discourse patterns – Illocutionary plane of specialist email discourse – Occupational training sessions and pedagogical implications in tertiary education.