The Interactional Organization of Self-praise: Epistemics, Preference Organization, and Implications for Identity Research

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-79

  Speer, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compliments; conversation analysis; identity; preference organization; self assessment; self praise; self repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857525839     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272511432939     Document Type: Article

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