Publications

Publication details [#26555]

Boxer, Diana. 1993. Complaining and commiserating. Exploring gender issues. Text 13 (3) : 371–395.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

commiserating | complaining | gender

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

This analysis of indirect complaint exchanges in the everyday conversation of a university speech community confirms their major social function of establishing and maintaining relationships, especially among women.