A framework for the analysis of mitigation in courts: Toward a theory of mitigation

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2065-2086

  Martinovski, Bilyana ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bulgarian; Corpus linguistics; Courtrooms; Discourse; Discursive acts; Mitigation; Strategy; Swedish

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750607111     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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