Questioning in interpreted testimony

Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-108

  Rigney, Azucena C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Court interpreting; Pragmatics; Questions; Simpson trial; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249153873     PISSN: 13501771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/sll.1999.6.1.83     Document Type: Article

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