Discourse characteristics in the sociolect of repentant criminals

Discourse and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-386

  Timor, Uri ^a   Landau, Rachel ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Functions of language; Israel; Rehabilitation of criminals; Repentance; Sociolect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032387495     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926598009003004     Document Type: Article

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