Constructing identities through request e-mail discourse

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2253-2261

  Ho, Victor ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Identity; Influence tactics; Rapport management; Relational work; Request e mail; Systemic functional grammar

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953027038     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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