Can u help me plz? Cyberlanguage accommodation in virtual reference conversations

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 48, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Christopherson, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chat reference; Computer mediated communication; Cyberlanguage; Instant messaging; Speech accommodation; Virtual reference service

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861425748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15508390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.2011.14504801080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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