There's risks in everything: Extreme-case formulations and accountability in inquiry testimony

Discourse and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 745-766

  Sidnell, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounts; Evasion; Extreme case formulations; Law; Questions and answers; Turn design

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744310791     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926504046503     Document Type: Review

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