Conceptualizing the writer-reader relationship in business prose

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-264

  Jameson, Daphne A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialogism; Enron; Implied reader; Implied writer; Narrative theory; Perspective; Point of view; Tone; Voice; You attitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750368253     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943604265953     Document Type: Review

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