Accounts as a politeness strategy in the internal directive documents of a business firm in Hong Kong

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-101

  Kong, Kenneth C C ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33744783149     PISSN: 09576851     EISSN: 15699838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/japc.16.1.05kon     Document Type: Article

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