'From where we're sat ... ': Negotiating narrative transformation through interaction in police interviews with suspects

Text and Talk

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-349

  Johnson, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Institutional discourse; Narrative; Negotiation; Police interview; Recontextualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449172415     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2008.016     Document Type: Review

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