ONLINE ADVICE: GIVING ADVICE IN AN INTERNET TRAVEL FORUM

Shujun Wan

doi:10.46827/ejals.v4i1.273

Authors

Shujun Wan Lecturer, English Department, Xuhai College, China University of Mining and Technology, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v4i1.273

Keywords:

online advice, travel forum, advice-giving

Abstract

This article aims at exploring the discourse moves of giving advice in the online context with an Internet travel forum as an example. The article first reviews relevant literature concerning advice and advice giving. Previous research on online advice giving is also reviewed in the following section. Then, the instrument for data collection of the present study is introduced and online messages, including problem messages and response messages are analyzed from different aspects, e.g. problem description, discursive moves in advice messages and how the initial problem writer responded to the advice-givers. The present study finally reaches to the conclusion that advice and assessment are the two most frequent advice moves in advice messages.

Author Biography

Shujun Wan, Lecturer, English Department, Xuhai College, China University of Mining and Technology, China

The author finishes her master degree at the University of Bayreuth, Germany and now works as a lecturer at a college in China. Her main research interests include second language acquisition, foreign language education, pragmatics.

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