Identity and impoliteness in computer-mediated reader responses

Journal of Politeness Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-127

  Upadhyay, Shiv R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Linguistic impoliteness; Online reader response; Social and psychological identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950174696     PISSN: 16125681     EISSN: 16134877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPLR.2010.006     Document Type: Article

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