Linguistic politeness and face-work in computer-mediated communication, part 1: A theoretical framework

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2051-2059

  Park, Jung Ran ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS; CRITICAL COMPONENTS; HUMAN COMMUNICATIONS; ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES;

FORTH (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); LINGUISTICS;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

EID: 55349103031     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20916     Document Type: Article

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