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Author Meinl, Marja E

Title Electronic complaints : an empirical study on British English and German complaints on eBay / Marja E. Meinl
Published Berlin : Frank & Timme, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations
Series Kulturen - Kommunikation - Kontakte, 1868-8306 ; Band 18
Kulturen - Kommunikation - Kontakte ; Bd. 18
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 6, 2014)
Subject eBay (Firm)
SUBJECT eBay (Firm) fast
Subject Internet auctions -- Case studies
Internet auctions -- Great Britain
Electronic commerce -- Management
Internet auctions -- Germany
Electronic commerce -- Management
Internet auctions
Germany
Great Britain
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783732999590
3732999599