The dynamics of power and resistance in police interview discourse

Discourse and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 739-759

  Haworth, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Critical discourse analysis; Forensic linguistics; Institutional discourse; Police interview; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750243293     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926506068430     Document Type: Article

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