“i will tell, i will tell” confessional patterns in the salemwitchcraft trials, 1692

Journal of Historical Pragmatics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 299-335

  Doty, Kathleen ^a   Hiltunen, Risto ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 84989392115     PISSN: 15665852     EISSN: 15699854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jhp.3.2.07dot     Document Type: Article

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