Language and persuasion: Tag questions as powerless speech or as interpreted in context

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-118

  Blankenship, Kevin L ^a   Craig, Traci Y ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Language; Persuasion; Tag questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750977277     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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