An Analysis of Stylistic Variables in Electronic Mail

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-23

  Rice, Rodney P ^a,b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0031486811     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651997011001001     Document Type: Article

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