'If we know about culture it will be easier to work with one another': Developing skills for handling corporate meetings with multinational participation

Language and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-224

  Angouri, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intercultural communication; LSP; Meeting talk; Textbooks; Workplace discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955782932     PISSN: 14708477     EISSN: 1747759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14708470903348549     Document Type: Article

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