The discourse of argumentation in the Malaysian commercial work context

This paper seeks to impart observations on how personnel at the Malaysian workplace utilised discourse strategies and gave opinions, agreed, disagreed, proposed, reached outcomes and performed other speech functions associtated with argumentation and negotiation. The study draws on explicit knowled...

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Main Author: Manjit Kaur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
Online Access:https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3834
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spelling doaj-art-cc2fec3f5ae04dd898e91fd9fb45cd3b2024-11-20T04:47:07ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-01111The discourse of argumentation in the Malaysian commercial work contextManjit Kaur0Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia This paper seeks to impart observations on how personnel at the Malaysian workplace utilised discourse strategies and gave opinions, agreed, disagreed, proposed, reached outcomes and performed other speech functions associtated with argumentation and negotiation. The study draws on explicit knowledge of how people use discourse strategies for argumentation and negotiation in that domain so that we can bring this knowledge back to the classroom to help prep.are tertiary students. This is to help empower students in order that they can participate effectively in work exchanges on entering the workforce. https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3834
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