Attending to face in faceless computer-mediated communication: (IM)politeness in online disagreements among Arabic speakers
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Mustafa Ali Harb
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Riddle, Elizabeth M.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Ball State University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2016
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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260
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-44154-3
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Department of English
Body granting the degree
Ball State University
Text preceding or following the note
2016
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This work, at its heart, is an exploratory attempt to investigate the complex nature of the pervasive, yet underexplored act of disagreement among Arabic speakers in Computer-Mediated Communication. It provides (i) an account of the semantics and pragmatics of the act of disagreement, as performed by Arabic speakers, (ii) a sociolinguistic look into gender differences between Arab males and females in their expression of disagreement and (iii) an examination of the effect of discourse topic on disagreement.