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Tools for Online Politeness

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Methodology in Politeness Research

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In this chapter specific ways to study politeness in online contexts are presented, and the focus is on digital-mediated discourse analysis, which is a specialised approach for the collection and analysis of data produced through different types of digital channels. From a general point of view, studying politeness in online contexts does not display any specific features beyond those identified in politeness in other contexts.

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Landone, E. (2022). Tools for Online Politeness. In: Methodology in Politeness Research. Advances in (Im)politeness Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09161-2_20

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