Conflict and Cooperation in Job Interviews: A study of talks, tasks and ideas
Martha L. Komter
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 15] 1991. viii, 252 pp.
Martha L. Komter
List of John Benjamins publications for which Martha L. Komter plays a role.
Title
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Articles
2008 Frances Rock. Communicating rights: The language of arrest and detention Information Design Journal 16:2, pp. 156–158 | Review
2007 Het Politieverhoor: Onderzoek en Advies In gesprek, pp. 61–69 | Article
This article illuminates some of the discrepancies between the actual practice of police interrogations and the recommendations in police manuals. What appears to have a significant effect on the interrogations is the practice of typing the records while conducting the interrogation. The resulting… read more
2003 The construction of records in Dutch police interrogations Information Design Journal 11:2/3, pp. 201–213 | Article
Police records in the Netherlands should be written as much as possible in the suspect’s ‘own words’. However, they show a curious mix of legal phrases and colloquialisms. They are drawn up as first person monologues, which obscures the interactional nature of the interrogation. This article sheds… read more