Relational positioning strategies in police calls:A dilemma

Discourse Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-225

  Tracy, Karen ^a   Anderson, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversational strategies; Dilemma; Discourse; Police calls; Relational positioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005644681     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445699001002004     Document Type: Article

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