Disagreements and agreements in personal/diary blogs: A closer look at responsiveness

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1607-1622

  Bolander, Brook ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agreements; Blogs; Disagreements; Participation framework; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866281601     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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