List of Tables and Figure
Acknowledgements
Part Ⅰ The Field of Business Discourse
1 What Is Business Discourse?
1.1 What is business discourse?
1.2 A short history of business discourse
Profile: Mirjaliisa Charles
1.3 The hallmarks of business discourse research
Types of data
The link between data and methodology:multimethod research
Research purpose: description and prescription
English versus other business languages
The importance of the organizational context
1.4 Different approaches to business discourse research
Discourse and power
Profile: Karen Lee Ashcraft
Critical approaches and business discourse
Intercultural business discourse
1.5 Business discourse around the world
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