Email Discourse Among Chinese Using English as a Lingua Franca
This edited volume makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning research field of English as a lingua franca. In a pioneering step, the collection is exclusively devoted to the English email discourse of Chinese speakers. The studies address innovative
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Email Discourse Among Chinese Using English as a Lingua Franca
Yuan-shan Chen Der-Hwa Victoria Rau Gerald Rau •
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Editors Yuan-shan Chen Department of Applied English National Chin-Yi University of Technology Taichung Taiwan
Gerald Rau Chiayi Taiwan
Der-Hwa Victoria Rau Institute of Linguistics National Chung Cheng University Chiayi Taiwan
ISBN 978-981-287-887-8 DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-888-5
ISBN 978-981-287-888-5
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Acknowledgments
Producing a book is always a team effort. We are grateful for the tremendous support we have received from the many contributors. Their dedication, patience, and understanding during the production of this book have been highly appreciated. We also wish to thank the reviewers for providing their valuable comments, which have immeasurably strengthened the individual chapters, and thus the whole book. Our appreciation also goes to our assistants, Mr. Hsuan-Yu Tai and Ms. Tzu-Wei Hsiang, for their work in helping with the preparation of the manuscript. Special thanks also go to the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) in Taiwan for their financial support (grant numbers: NSC-101-2628-H-167-001, MOST 103-2410-H-167-009). Finally, we want to express our appreciation to the staff at Springer Publishing for giving us the opportunity to publish this volume and for their support throughout. Yuan-shan Chen Der-Hwa Victoria Rau Gerald Rau
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Contents
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