Structure of Email Discourse in a Selected Iranian Organization

Structure of Email Discourse in a Selected Iranian Organization

Abstract

This study attempts to investigate structure of email discourse in a selected business context in an Iranian organization. The data of this study consist of a corpus of email messages (N=112) which are exchanged among members of a selected Iranian organization. The study examines structure of email messages by draw on the DeVito?s categories of conversation structure framework as the basis for analyzing. The selected strategies reflect the writer?s interpersonal relationship with their email intractants. Findings reveal a predominance of main conversational structure of email messages like opening salutation and opening statement, closing salutation and closing statement, other discourse structure like clauses in imperative and declarative moods. Furthermore, the findings are useful to create materials about structure of email discourse in the Iranian business context which can be incorporated into English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teaching and training.

Authors:- Mitra Madanchian and Hamed Taherdoost

Keywords:- Computer – Mediated Communication (CMC), E – Mail Discourse, Organization

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