Computer mediated communication and informalization of discourse: The influence of culture and subject matter

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 770-779

  Montero Fleta, Begoña ^a   Montesinos López, Anna ^a   Pérez Sabater, Carmen ^a   Turney, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Discourse analysis; Informalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449094891     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.09.039     Document Type: Article

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