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Ho, Victor Chung Kwong. 2011. A discourse-based study of three communities of practice: How members maintain a harmonious relationship while threatening each other’s face via email. Discourse Studies 13 (3) : 299–326.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

community of practice | e-mail communication | face maintenance | request | social relationship

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper discusses how members of three differing communities of practice uphold a balanced relationship with one another by managing rapport and executing relational work whilst threatening other members’ face via e-mail requests.