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Thomas, Jenny A. 1989. Discourse control in confrontational interaction. In Hickey, Leo, ed. The pragmatics of style. Routledge. pp. 133–156.
Annotation
An analysis of interactions which are unequal in terms of the relative power of the interactants. T. introduces the notion of `discourse control act', which offers insights into the way in which a dominant speaker may deliberately limit the discoursal options of a subordinate interlocutor.