Polite requests in English and Chinese business correspondence in Hong Kong

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-522

  Yeung, Lorrita N T ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0031116593     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-2166(95)00050-x     Document Type: Article

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