Email Etiquette: A Pragmatic Analysis

Authors

  • Xingyu Hang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/fhss.v3i8.5540

Keywords:

Pragmatics; Speech Act Theory; Politeness Theory; Grice’s Cooperative Principle.

Abstract

This essay studies email etiquette, which is probably the most practical application of pragmatic theories. It deduces some common strategies for writing email from basic pragmatic theories and principles.

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References

Austin, J.L. How to do things with words[M]. Clarendon Press, 1962.

Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson. Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage[M]. Cambridge University Press, 1987. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511813085

Grice, H.P. Logic and Conversation[M]. Brill, 1975. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004368811_003

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Published

2023-08-22

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