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FORUM
Vol. 6:2 (2008) ► pp. 143–172

Why Judges Deviate from Direct Speech in Interpreter-mediated Court Settings

| Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus
Keywords: Court interpreting, discourse study, form of address, direct speech, indirect speech
Published online: 01 October 2008
https://doi.org/10.1075/forum.6.2.08pau
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