Job applications and students' complaint letters in Cameroon

Autor:	Daniel Nkemleke
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Job applications Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Closing (real estate) Gender studies Language and Linguistics Internal discourse Anthropology Complaint Psychology Social psychology Period (music) media_common
Zdroj:	World Englishes. 23:601-611
ISSN:	1467-971X 0883-2919
Popis:	This paper analyses some 99 job applications and 239 student complaint letters collected over a period of five years. The investigation focuses on two broad aspects of these letters: firstly, opening and closing statements; and secondly, internal discourse strategies. Findings reveal that apart from a general uncertainty as to which of the complimentary closes (Yours sincerely or Yours faithfully) should be selected for letters beginning ‘Dear + Sir’ and ‘Dear + a name’, job applications and students’ complaint letters are fast developing distinctive linguistic and discourse characteristics of their own in Cameroon.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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