Wuhan Zhu

A Cross-cultural Pragmatic Study on Openings and Closings in Upward Academic Request Emails

Wuhan Zhu · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

This study reports on a study of the use and forms of openings and closings, as rapport-management strategies in academic request emails to university instructors by graduates, who formed three discourse communities, i.e. Chinese, British and Chinese English speakers. Using disco...