Conversational displays of mediator neutrality in a court-based program

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2051-2064

  Heisterkamp, Brian L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation disaffiliation; Conversation analysis; Court based mediation; Mediator neutrality; Selective facilitation; Sequence structuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750627810     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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