Small talk, rapport, and international communicative competence: Lessons to learn from belf

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-476

  Pullin, Patricia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

English as a lingua franca; rapport; small talk; solidarity; workplace interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956473156     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943610377307     Document Type: Article

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