Account episodes in family discourse: The making of morality in everyday interaction

Discourse Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-100

  Sterponi, Laur A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; agency; family discourse; moral positioning; practices of morality; responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993813089     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614456030050010401     Document Type: Article

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