“A slightly hectic but a very normal meal at our house”: Parents’ collaborative facework in a YouTube video for English language learners
Discourse Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Text and Talk
Published online on January 23, 2026
Abstract
Discourse Studies, Ahead of Print.
We draw on theorizing by Goffman on face (1967), framing (1974), and participation framework (1981) to demonstrate how one mother and father do parental and family facework as their young children exhibit what could be construed as “misbehavior” during a ...
We draw on theorizing by Goffman on face (1967), framing (1974), and participation framework (1981) to demonstrate how one mother and father do parental and family facework as their young children exhibit what could be construed as “misbehavior” during a ...