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Publication details [#1173]
Bavelas, Janet Beavin. 1985. A situational theory of disqualification: Using language to 'Leave the field'. In Forgas, Joseph P., ed. Language and social situations. Springer. pp. 189–211. 
Annotation
P. gives a survey of previous research, a theory proposal, and experimental evidence concerning the way utterances differ along the dimension of the disqualification of situational antecedents.