Public relations writing – a genre-based model

Corporate Communications: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Tench, Ralph ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Language; Public relations; Written communications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986076288     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1356328031047580     Document Type: Article

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