The politeness of judges: American and English judicial behaviour

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-85

  Kurzon, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Argument; English vs. American usage; Legal language; Mitigation; Politeness; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345978631     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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