The language of defense linguistic patterns in narratives of transgressions

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-286

  Schütz, Astrid ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033181373     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X99018003003     Document Type: Article

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