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Don, A. C. 2007, "A Framework for the investigation of interactive norms and the construction of textual identity in written discourse communities: The case of an email list". Unpublished Ph.D Thesis, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K. is available for download as a series of pdf files. Right click, etc, on the following links to download. Please do not quote without acknowledgement. Note that some of these files will take almost a minute to load.
Frontpages (title page, abstract, acknowledgements)
Chapter 1: Introduction to a framework for analysing written interaction
Chapter 2: Layers and Conventions: Frames of Coherence
Chapter 3: Outline of a framework for analysing written interaction
Chapter 4: Generic conventions and rhetorical purpose in a set of representative texts
Chapter 5: A framework for investigating textual identity or 'persona' in written interaction
Chapter 6: Conclusion: The texturing of rhetorical purpose and interpersonal orientation
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