Narrative, opinion and situated argument in talk show discourse

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1436-1453

  Thornborrow, Joanna ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; Argument; Conversation analysis; Evaluation; Lay participation; Narrative; Opinion; Problematising; Stance; TV talk shows

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249818452     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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