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Publication details [#23029]
Valdes, Guadelupe. 1986. Analyzing the demands that courtroom interaction makes upon speakers of ordinary English: Toward the development of a coherent descriptive framework. Discourse Processes 9 (3) : 269–303. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Annotation
Within the broader aim of developing a descriptive framework for analyzing courtroom interaction, V. discusses the kinds of language skills ordinary speakers need in order to protect their own interests when interacting in the legal domain.