Publications

Publication details [#25670]

Boxer, Diana. 1993. Complaining and commiserating: A speech act review of solidarity in spoken American English. Peter Lang. 223 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
complaining | content2 | context | function | solidarity | speech act
Language as a subject
English, American

Annotation

This book provides basic data on the how and why of indirect complaints performed by native American English speakers in an academic community. The characteristics of indirect complaints and their responses are identified in terms of semantic content, function and associated contextual variables.

Reviewed by

DuFon, Margaret A. 1995. Review of $Complaining and commiserating: A speech act review of solidarity in spoken American English.