Conversational floors in synchronous text-based CMC discourse

Discourse Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-361

  Simpson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Conversation analysis; Conversational floor; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 28144432282     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445605052190     Document Type: Article

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