Publications
Publication details [#39569]
Placencia, María Elena. 2004. Rapportbuilding activities in corner shop interactions. Journal of Sociolinguistics 8 (2) : 215–245. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Blackwell Publishers
Journal WWW
Annotation
This article investigates a series of interactional activities performed in the course of Quito (Ecuador) corner shop transactions, which reflect participants' orientation to maintain friendly relations so that the service transaction becomes a pleasant encounter.