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Advances in Swearing Research: New languages and new contexts
Edited by Kristy Beers Fägersten and Karyn Stapleton
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 282] 2017
► pp. 43–64

Chapter 2
Swearing and instant messaging

Changing norms of social interaction in the Hong Kong workplace context

| Hong Kong Baptist University
| Aston University
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Swearing as a discursive strategy
  • 3.The database and research sites
  • 4.The conceptual and analytical framework
  • 5.Swearing in workplace instant messaging
    • 5.1Swearing in workplace instant messaging for humorous and playful purposes
    • 5.2Swearing in workplace instant messaging for expressing negative feelings and devaluation
  • 6.Swearing between colleagues in instant messaging: reframing the workplace context
    • 6.1The potential of swearing in workplace instant messaging
    • 6.2The resources for swearing in workplace instant messaging
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 19 October 2017
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