What happened?: An epistemics of before and after in at-the-scene police questioning

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-41

  Kidwell, Mardi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 61349178966     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08351810802671727     Document Type: Article

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