1337 \/\/4YZ 0F $p34K1NG: Toward a Unifying Pragmatic Theory of Virtual Speech Community Building

Building a speech community requires building a shared history of communicative interaction. Within a virtual medium, speech community members employ accommodations for the lack of shared physical space that face-to-face interactions provide. These accommodations, amassing through extended discourse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: LeBlanc, Tracy Rene
Other Authors: Casbergue, Renee
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2010
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11152010-220929/