'She's very slim': Talking about body-size in all-female interactions

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1635-1653

  Guendouzi, Jackie ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse practices; Face threat; Phatic routines; Politeness strategies; Social accountability; Verbal play

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344602430     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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