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27 - Language and Social Media

Enacting Identity through Ambient Affiliation

from Part III - SFL in Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2019

Geoff Thompson
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University of Liverpool
Wendy L. Bowcher
Affiliation:
Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Lise Fontaine
Affiliation:
Cardiff University
David Schönthal
Affiliation:
Cardiff University
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