Constructing identities in the workplace through request e-mail discourse - How does one benefit from it?

GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-18

  Ho, Victor ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Mood and modality; Systemic functional linguistics; Transitivity; Workplace identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952934661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16758021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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