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Publication details [#14977]

Thornborrow, Joanna. 2000. The construction of conflicting accounts in public participation TV. Language in Society 29 (3) : 357–377.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conflict | historical present | narrative | television

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0047-4045

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study examines the production of conflict talk in two genres (talk shows and television court) in which audience members' accounts of events are contested. The critical role of tense shifting in these accounts is discussed.