'On MSN with buff boys': Self- and other-identity claims in the context of small stories

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 597-626

  Georgakopoulou, Alexandra ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breaking news; Identity claims; Small stories; Solidified roles; Taleworld telling

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249117708     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2008.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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