The language of truthful and deceptive denials and confessions

Communication Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-91

  Ali, Mohammed ^b   Levine, Timothy ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deception; Language; Lies; Linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849138009     PISSN: 08934215     EISSN: 17451043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08934210802381862     Document Type: Article

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