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Surveillance at the (inter)face: A nexus analysis 面（间）监视：关联分析

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100832

Rodney H. Jones

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Transmodal messenger interaction–Analysing the sequentiality of text and audio postings in WhatsApp chats 跨模式信使互动--分析 WhatsApp 聊天中文字和音频发布的先后顺序

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100818

Katharina König

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The femininization of AI-powered voice assistants: Personification, anthropomorphism and discourse ideologies 人工智能语音助手的女性化：人格化、拟人化与话语意识形态

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100833

Maria Grazia Sindoni

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Scaling as method: A three-stage, mixed-methods approach to digital discourse analysis 规模即方法：数字话语分析的三阶段混合方法

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100817

Jannis Androutsopoulos

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Sharing second stories in online comforting interactions 在网络慰藉互动中分享第二故事

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100835

Wei Ren, Yufei Li

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Technography as a synergetic methodology for the study of stories 作为研究故事的一种协同方法的技术制图学

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100801

Alex Georgakopoulou

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People incorrectly correcting other people: The pragmatics of (re-)corrections and their negotiation in a Facebook group 人们错误地纠正他人：重新）更正的语用学及其在 Facebook 群组中的协商

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100804

Karina Frick , Dimitrios Meletis

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“Yu haf no idr how feckin fablus I feel rite now”: “Wine mom” humour in an online support group for mothers during COVID-19 "你不知道我现在感觉有多糟糕吗？COVID-19 期间母亲在线支持小组中的 "酒妈妈 "幽默

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100816

Vincent Wai Sum Tse , Olga Zayts-Spence

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“Zhuge Kongming becomes reborn as a clownish partygoer!”: Linguistic carnivalization, critical metapragmatics of danmu, and mediatized neoliberal (inter)subjectivity "诸葛孔明转世为小丑！"：语言狂欢化、丹青的批判元语用学和媒介化的新自由主义（主体间性）。

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100815

Zhixin Liu

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“A strong diewei” – A critical investigation of gendered neological metaphors on Weibo "一个坚强的 diewei"--对微博上性别化新文化隐喻的批判性研究

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100805

Luoxiangyu Zhang, Yuxuan Mu

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