Linguistic repertoires and semiotic resources in interaction: A finnish manager as a mediator in a multilingual meeting

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-531

  Virkkula Räisänen, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

discourse analysis; embodiment; English as a lingua franca; multilingual meeting; role alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956493680     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943610377315     Document Type: Article

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