Publications

Publication details [#56151]

Placencia, María Elena. 2012. Online peer-to-peer advice in Spanish Yahoo!Respuestas. In Locher, Miriam A. and Holger Limberg, eds. Advice in Discourse. (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 221). John Benjamins. pp. 281–306.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

advising | discourse strategy | internet | politeness | social interaction

Language as a subject

Spanish

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

Annotation

This paper discusses peer-to-peer online advice-giving on ‘beauty and style’ in the Spanish Yahoo! Respuestas (YR) site, revealing how many users offer advice in a friendly manner, whilst only a few adopt an uncooperative stance.