Using metadiscourse in making persuasive attempts through workplace request emails
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2018.06.015
Abstract: Abstract This paper reports on and discusses the way professionals use metadiscourse in an attempt to achieve persuasion through workplace emails. Drawing upon the interpersonal model of metadiscourse, a total of 659 workplace request emails… read more here.
Keywords: using metadiscourse; persuasive attempts; request emails; metadiscourse ... See more keywords
A cross-cultural pragmatic study of rapport-management strategies in Chinese and English academic upward request emails
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DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2016.1253707
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article discusses and compares how Chinese and English postgraduate students manage a harmonious relationship with university instructors by managing rapport and doing relational work in their academic request emails. The rapport-management strategies were… read more here.
Keywords: management strategies; rapport management; management; request emails ... See more keywords