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The Languages of Business

The Languages of Business

The Languages of Business

An International Perspective

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Edited by Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini, Sandra Harris

Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Online publication date:: September 2020
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9781474401005

Subjects:: English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics

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This book explores how people around the world, speaking different languages, accomplish business.

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Select Chapter 1 - The languages of business: Introduction and overview

Chapter 1 - The languages of business: Introduction and overview
pp 1-18
- By Sandra Harris, Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini
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SECTION 1 - INTER-CULTURAL DISCOURSES
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Select Chapter 2 - Spoken discourse in the multicultural workplace in Hong Kong: Applying a model of discourse as ‘impression management’

Chapter 2 - Spoken discourse in the multicultural workplace in Hong Kong: Applying a model of discourse as ‘impression management’
pp 21-48
- By Graham T. Bilbow
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Chapter 3 - Australian-Japanese business interaction: Some features of language and cultural contact
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- By Helen Marriott
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Select Chapter 4 - Requests in German-Norwegian business discourse: Difference in directness

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Select Chapter 5 - The Asian connection: Business requests and acknowledgements

Chapter 5 - The Asian connection: Business requests and acknowledgements
pp 94-114
- By Joan Mulholland
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SECTION 2 - CROSS-CULTURAL DISCOURSES
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- By Haru Yamada
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pp 136-158
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Chapter 8 - Joking as a strategy in Spanish and Danish negotiations
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Chapter 9 - Lexical landscaping in business meetings
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SECTION 3 - CORPORATE DISCOURSES
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Chapter 10 - Languages within languages: A social constructionist perspective on multiple managerial discourses
pp 211-227
- By Tony J. Watson
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