A Pragmatic Study of Online Offence in Discussion Board

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10.2991/978-2-494069-27-5_7How to use a DOI?

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Online offence; Linguistic realization; Pragmatic features

Abstract

This study attempts to explore the online offence through the analysis of its linguistic devices and the revelation of its pragmatic features. Enlightened by the theory of (im) politeness, the present study firstly attempts to define online offence and identify the participation framework in online discussion boards. Then it discusses the various ways of achieving online offence and its intensification. Finally, it reveals pragmatic features of online offence. The study finds that: (1) online offence is mainly achieved by assertive derogating, directive compelling, commissive warning, and expressive swearing; (2) online offence can be intensified by modifiers and para-linguistic devices; (3) online offence is more explicitly expressed, more aggressive and sequential. It hopes this study can shed some light on impoliteness study under the context of impoliteness.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qian Chen
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/10
TI  - A Pragmatic Study of Online Offence in Discussion Board
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Communication and Culture Studies (ICLCCS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 50
EP  - 62
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-27-5_7
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-27-5_7
ID  - Chen2022
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