The power of insults : A study of condescending linguistic strategies in four English online discussion forums
The aim of this study is to investigate how language is used, online, in a condescending way in order to make the recipient feel belittled. The research questions sought to find out what kind of linguistic strategies are used online in order to make language function in a derogatory way as well as t...
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Växjö universitet, Institutionen för humaniora
2008
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2195 |