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Publication details [#12101]

Gruber, Helmut. 1998. Computer-mediated communication and scholarly discourse: Forms of topic-initiation and thematic development. Pragmatics 8 (1) : 21–45.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

computer communication system | e-mail communication | thematic continuity | topic initiation | uses of language

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

ISBN

1018-2101

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

A report on language use in scholarly e-mail discussion lists. It is concluded that successful topic initiation correlates with proposed points for further discussion, while direct and indirect quoting proved to be essential in establishing thematic cohesion .