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Publication details [#39525]

Mullany, Louise. 2004. Gender, politeness and institutional power roles: Humour as a tactic to gain compliance in workplace business meetings. Multilingua 23 (1-2) : 13–37.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | humor | politeness | power | workplace conversation

Place, Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

This article investigates the complex relationship between gender, politeness and institutional power roles by analyzing how meeting chairs employ humour as a tactic to gain the compliance of subordinates in workplace business meetings.