Public (non-) apologies: The discourse of minimizing responsibility

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2257-2270

  Kampf, Zohar ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apologies; Avoidance conflict; Political discourse; Public face; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549085022     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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