Telling about problems and giving advice in an Internet discussion forum: some discourse features
| Autor: | Phillip R. Morrow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Social Psychology Casual business.industry Communication Discourse analysis 05 social sciences Internet privacy 050109 social psychology 06 humanities and the arts Interpersonal communication Variety (linguistics) Language and Linguistics Advice (programming) Expression (architecture) Anthropology 0602 languages and literature 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Unconditional positive regard The Internet Psychology business Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Discourse Studies. 8:531-548 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7080 1461-4456 |
| Popis: | This study describes discourse features of messages posted to an Internet discussion forum about depression based on the analysis of a small corpus of message texts. The message texts were classified into three types: problem messages, advice messages and thanks messages, and salient discourse features of each message type were described and analyzed in terms of discourse function. Features of problem messages included: frequent use of metaphorical language to describe symptoms, use of or type questions to request advice, and a general lack of direct requests for advice. Advice messages were characterized by casual style and exhibited a variety of discourse patterns with the common function of expressing positive regard and solidarity. The occurrence of these patterns can be related to the special interpersonal needs associated with the discourse function of giving advice. Thanks messages were responses to advice messages, and usually included some expression of thanks for advice, but interestingly, thanks message writers never indicated that they had acted upon or would act upon the advice they received. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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