What functions do intertextuality and interdiscursivity serve in request e-mail discourse?

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2534-2547

  Ho, Victor ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Interdiscursivity; Intertextuality; Professional communication; Request e mail

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957980497     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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