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Managing in Style: Flexible Discourse at Work.
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Holmes, Janet – 1999
A study investigated the variety of ways in which managers use language in sociolinguistically sensitive ways to get things done at work. Drawing on a database of over 300 interactions in a range of New Zealand workplaces, aspects of power (how things are accomplished), politeness (the importance of small talk), and solidarity (the difference…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries