Alexa Bolaños-Carpio
List of John Benjamins publications for which Alexa Bolaños-Carpio plays a role.
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2020. Chapter 9. When emergencies are not urgent: Requesting help in calls to 911 Costa Rica. Mobilizing Others: Grammar and lexis within larger activities, Taleghani-Nikazm, Carmen, Emma Betz and Peter Golato (eds.), pp. 229–252
This study examines the activity of requesting help in emergency calls, using 911 Costa Rica as a case study. Focusing on the notions of contingency-entitlement, benefactors and beneficiaries, and the urgency of the incident, the findings show that the design of the request for non-life-threatening… read more | Chapter