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Publication details [#26931]

Komter, Martha L. 1994. Accusations and defences in courtroom interaction. Discourse & Society 5 (2) : 165–187.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

courtroom conversation | discourse analysis | interaction | judgment

Language as a subject

Dutch

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0957-9265

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper explores the management and interplay of accusations and defences in Dutch courtroom conversation, focusing on accusations formulated in the public prosecutors' official charges and implied in the judges' questions.