A discourse-based study of three communities of practice: How members maintain a harmonious relationship while threatening each other's face via email

Discourse Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-326

  Ho, Victor Chung Kwong ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

communities of practice; discourse; generic structure; interdiscursivity; rapport; relational work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956291129     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445611400673     Document Type: Article

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