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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827859303321

Autore

Meinl Marja E

Titolo

Electronic complaints : an empirical study on British English and German complaints on eBay / / Marja E. Meinl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Frank & Timme, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-7329-9959-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Kulturen - Kommunikation - Kontakte, , 1868-8306 ; ; Band 18

Disciplina

381/.142

Soggetti

Internet auctions

Internet auctions - Great Britain

Electronic commerce - Management

Internet auctions - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of tables; List of figures; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Complaining within cross-cultural pragmatics; Chapter 3: Computer-mediated communication (CMC); Chapter 4: The methodology of the present study; Chapter 5: Data analysis; Chapter 6: Results; Chapter 7: Discussion; Chapter 8: Implications and outlook; References; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

The interest in computer-mediated communication (CMC) has vastly risen over the recent years. Nevertheless, crosscultural differences in CMC have received little attention so far, especially with regard to complaining behaviour. This book therefore contributes to this still unexplored research area by comparing British English and German complaints in CMC, precisely on eBay. The empirical study statistically analyses online complaints taken from the feedback forum of this online auction house and shows both similarities and differences in the way speakers of the two cultures formulate their on