In:Advice Online: Advice-giving in an American Internet health column
Miriam A. Locher
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 149] 2006
► pp. v–viii
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Published online: 19 July 2006
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.149.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.149.toc
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
List of tables and figures
Introduction
Material description: 'Lucy Answers', an American Internet advice column
Literature review on advice
Research questions
The content structure of the response letters and the realization of advice
Aspects of relational work in the response letters
The personal and public dimension of advice-giving in the response letters
Lucy’s voice: Constructing the identity of an expert advice-giver
The problem letters by the anonymus advice-seekers
Factors constituting the discursive practice in ‘Lucy Answers’
Notes
Appendix: Sample of an XML file
References
Index
