Inequity in the pursuit of intimacy: An analysis of British pick-up artist interactions

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1115-1127

  Hambling Jones, Oliver ^a   Merrison, Andrew John ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Equity and equilibrium; Familiarity; Intimacy; Pick up artist; Rapport management; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864085452     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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