Politeness in BELF Communication : A Study on Directness Strategies and Formality in Professional E-Mail Communication
This paper investigates communication between speakers with different first languages in a business setting, referred to as BELF, Business English as a lingua franca. The present paper investigates politeness strategies in BELF e-mail correspondence, and the interplay between them. Politeness strate...
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| Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen
2014
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-104737 |