Balancing clarity and politeness in editing sessions with non-native speakers

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 410-422

  Mackiewicz, Jo ^a   Riley, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Editing; Intercultural communication; Politeness; Pragmatic

Indexed keywords

FILE EDITORS; FORMAL LOGIC; SEMANTICS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 0036444869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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