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ERIC Number: EJ524565
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0965-8416
Raising Awareness of Politeness in Business Writing.
Henry, Alex
Language Awareness, v4 n4 p179-88 1995
Shows how a language matrix can be used to raise awareness of the role context plays in determining language choice for a given communicative function. The article suggests how the matrix can be used in language awareness and consciousness-raising activities to provide opportunities for contrastive analysis and discussion of politeness strategies across cultures. (26 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Business Communication, Class Activities, Consciousness Raising, Context Effect, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Learning Strategies, Matrices, Pragmatics, Second Language Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Politeness