The Evolution of English as the Business Lingua Franca: Signs of Convergence in Chinese and Finnish Professional Communication
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Rights: © 2013 SAGE Publications. This is the post print version of the following article: Kankaanranta, Anne & Lu, W. 2013. The Evolution of English as the Business Lingua Franca: Signs of Convergence in Chinese and Finnish Professional Communication. Journal of Business and Technical Communication. Volume 27, Issue 3. 288-307. ISSN 1050-6519 (printed). DOI: 10.1177/1050651913479919, which has been published in final form at http://jbt.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/03/01/1050651913479919.
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