Chapter published in:
Complimenting Behavior and (Self-)Praise across Social Media: New contexts and new insights
Edited by María Elena Placencia and Zohreh R. Eslami
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 313] 2020
► pp. 1–18

Introduction

| Birkbeck, University of London
| Texas A&M University
Published online: 17 December 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.313.int
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