Cotext as context: Vague answers in court

Language and Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 457-475

  Janney, Richard W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b University of Munich ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Contextualization; Cotext; Courtroom discourse; Emotive communication; Questions and answers; Vague language

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044532962     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5309(02)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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