Answers and evasions

Language in Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 403-442

  Clayman, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadcast talk; Conversation analysis; Interrogation; Interview; News interview; Political communication; Questions and answers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035458215     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404501003037     Document Type: Article

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