The languages of business : an international perspective /
The real language of what people say when they conduct business internationally is the subject of this study that examines the use of a variety of major languages specifically in business settings
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
1997
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. languages of business: Introduction and overview / Sandra Harris and Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini
- Ch. 2. Spoken discourse in the multicultural workplace in Hong Kong: Applying a model of discourse as 'impression management' / Graham T. Bilbow
- Ch. 3. Australian-Japanese business interaction: Some features of language and cultural contact / Helen Marriott
- Ch. 4. Requests in German-Norwegian business discourse: Difference in directness / Ingrid Neumann
- Ch. 5. Asian connection: Business requests and acknowledgements / Joan Mulholland
- Ch. 6. Organisation in American and Japanese meetings: Task versus relationship / Haru Yamada
- Ch. 7. Bookshop service encounters in English and Italian: Notes on the achievement of information and advice / Laura Gavioli
- Ch. 8. Joking as a strategy in Spanish and Danish negotiations / Annette Grindsted
- Ch. 9. Lexical landscaping in business meetings / Heloisa Collins and Mike Scott
- Ch. 10. Languages within languages: A social constructionist perspective on multiple managerial discourses / Tony J. Watson
- Ch. 1 The languages of business: Introduction and overview / Sandra Harris and Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini
- Ch. 2. Spoken discourse in the multicultural workplace in Hong Kong: Applying a model of discourse as 'impression management' / Graham T. Bilbow
- Ch. 3. Australian-Japanese business interaction: Some features of language and cultural contact / Helen Marriott
- Ch. 4. Requests in German-Norwegian business discourse: Difference in directness / Ingrid Neumann
- Ch. 5. The Asian connection: Business requests and acknowledgements / Joan Mulholland
- Ch. 6. Organisation in American and Japanese meetings: Task versus relationship / Haru Yamada
- Ch. 7. Bookshop service encounters in English and Italian: Notes on the achievement of information and advice / Laura Gavioli
- Ch. 8. Joking as a strategy in Spanish and Danish negotiations / Annette Grindsted
- Ch. 9. Lexical landscaping in business meetings / Heloisa Collins and Mike Scott
- Ch. 10. Languages within languages: A social constructionist perspective on multiple managerial discourses / Tony J. Watson.