Amateur subtitling and the pragmatics of spectatorial subjectivity

Language and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-352

  Pérez González, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activism; affectivity; amateur subtitling; digital participatory culture; fansubbing; pragmatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868549319     PISSN: 14708477     EISSN: 1747759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2012.722100     Document Type: Article

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