Rhetorical moves in Chinese sales genres, 1949 to the present

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 156-172

  Zhu, Yunxia ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chinese Business Communication; History of Business Communication; Sales Genres; Social and Economic Context

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442563840     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194360003700202     Document Type: Article

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