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Introducing relational work in Facebook, discussion boards and New Media events

Locher, Miriam A. and Bolander, Brook and Höhn, Nicole. (2015) Introducing relational work in Facebook, discussion boards and New Media events. Pragmatics, 25 (1). pp. 1-21.

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Abstract

This paper functions as the introduction to the special issue on ‘relational work in Facebook and discussion boards’. We position our research endeavors within interpersonal pragmatics (see Locher and Graham 2010), by reviewing literature on politeness, impoliteness and relational work in the context of computer-mediated communication. Foregrounding the relational aspect of language, we are particularly interested in establishing the connections between politeness, face and linguistic identity construction. We then position the four papers that form this special issue within this field of research. Two papers contribute to the study of relational work on discussion boards (Kleinke and Boes; Haugh, Chang and Kádár) and two deal with practices on Facebook (Theodoropoulou; Bolander and Locher).
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > English Linguistics (Locher)
UniBasel Contributors:Locher, Miriam A. and Bolander, Brook and Höhn, Nicole
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:IPrA
ISSN:1018-2101
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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Last Modified:18 Jul 2017 13:28
Deposited On:10 Apr 2015 09:12

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