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Whalen, Marilyn R. and Don H. Zimmerman. 1990. Describing trouble: Practical epistemology in citizen calls to the police. Language in Society 19 (4) : 465–492.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045

Annotation

This paper examines the vulnerabilities of citizens' descriptions involved in reporting troublesome occurrences to the police, and their orientation toward practical epistemological displays.