Commonplaces in risk talk: Face threats and forms of interaction

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-305

  Myers, Greg ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commonplaces; Face; Interaction; Politeness; Rhetoric; Risk communication; Topoi

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FACE RECOGNITION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMMONPLACES; POLITENESS; RISK COMMUNICATION; TOPOI;

RISK ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248526302     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870601070536     Document Type: Article

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