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Publication details [#53107]

Ho, Victor. 2010. Constructing identities through request e-mail discourse. Journal of Pragmatics 42 (8) : 2253–2261.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This study describes how the leaders of an English language teaching group in a Hong Kong public education institute negotiated different personal identities for themselves via the discourse of the request e-mails sent to their subordinates. The e-mail authors’ legitimate or position power linked their abilties as leaders didn't suffice in acquiring request compliance; additional elements such as desirable personal identities were thereto required.