Gender, politeness and institutional power roles: Humour as a tactic to gain compliance in workplace business meetings

Multilingua

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 13-37

  Mullany, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247665728     PISSN: 01678507     EISSN: 16133684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mult.2004.002     Document Type: Article

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