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Yeung, Lorrita – English for Specific Purposes, 2007
The present study analyzes 22 authentic business reports in an attempt to identify textual features that are typical of business reports as a genre. The analysis shows that there are certain characteristics which distinguish business reports from other related genres such as scientific reports, of which RAs are a typical example. There are also…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Content Analysis, Reports, Language Styles
Dubsky, Josef – Espanol Actual, 1975
This article discusses the various styles of commercial correspondence in Spanish. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles
Jarvis, Scott; Stephens, Robert – 1994
It is proposed that because (1) adult learners of English as a Second Language face great challenges in communicating with native English speakers; and (2) native English-speakers can learn strategies to compensate for some of these difficulties, there is a need for instruction in these strategies and skills for Americans in international…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Problems, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
Kubota, Mitsuo – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1996
A study investigated differences in the speech styles used in making requests among five native speakers of Japanese (JJ), five American learners of Japanese (AJ), and Americans speaking English (AE) and their implications for intercultural communication. All subjects were adults. Data were elicited in role-plays of a scenario including the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Business Communication, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics