Narrating in protective order interviews: A source of interactional trouble

Language in Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 383-418

  Trinch, Shonna L ^a   Berk Seligson, Susan ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Account; Gatekeeper; Generic; Interview; Kernel; Linear; Narrative; Report; Sociolegal; Story; T urn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036627286     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404502020274     Document Type: Article

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