Getting stuff done: Comparing e-mail requests from students in higher education in Britain and Australia

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1077-1098

  Merrison, Andrew John ^a   Wilson, Jack J ^a   Davies, Bethan L ^b   Haugh, Michael ^c  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounts; E mail; Englishes; Equity and equilibrium; Obligation; Requests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864077049     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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