Email Etiquette: A Pragmatic Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.54691/fhss.v3i8.5540Keywords:
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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