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(In)Appropriate Online Behavior
A pragmatic analysis of message board relations
Author(s)
Arendholz, Jenny
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Number
104390Language
EnglishAbstract
This descriptive and comprehensive study on the discursive struggle over interpersonal relations in online message boards is located at the fascinating interface of pragmatics and computer-mediated discourse – a research area which has so far not attracted much scientific interest. It sets out to shed light on the question how interpersonal relations are established, managed and negotiated in online message boards by giving a valid overview of the entire panoply of interpersonal relations (and their interrelations), including both positively and negatively marked behavior. With the first part of the book providing an in-depth discussion and refinement of the pivotal theoretical positions of both fields of research, students as well as professionals are (re-)acquainted with the subject at hand. Thus supplying a framework for the ensuing case study, the empirical part displays the results of the analysis of 50 threads (ca. 300,000 words) of a popular British message board.
Keywords
Language Arts & Disciplines; Linguistics; PragmaticsDOI
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.229ISBN
9789027272379Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing CompanyPublisher website
https://benjamins.com/content/homePublication date and place
2013Grantor
Imprint
John Benjamins Publishing CompanyClassification
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics