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Email Etiquette: A Pragmatic Analysis

Xingyu Hang
Vol. 3, No. 8, pp. 77-79, 2023 DOI: 10.54691/fhss.v3i8.5540 August 22, 2023
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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.
Keywords. Pragmatics; Speech Act Theory; Politeness Theory; Grice’s Cooperative Principle.
APA Citation Xingyu Hang (2023). Email Etiquette: A Pragmatic Analysis. Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(8), 77-79. https://doi.org/10.54691/fhss.v3i8.5540

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