The discourse of distress: A narrative analysis of emergency calls to 911

Language and Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-296

  Imbens Bailey, Alison ^a   McCabe, Allyssa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

911 emergency calls; Discourse strategies; Narrative; Speech acts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034398830     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5309(99)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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