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Publication details [#44687]

Edwards, Derek. 2006. Facts, norms and dispositions: practical uses of the modal verb would in police interrogations. Discourse Studies 8 (4) : 475–501.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

inference | interrogation | modal verb | prediction | testimony

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper discusses how two uses of the modal verb would in police interrogations, by both suspects and police officers, provide for a sense of back-dated predictability with regard to the actions in question, in the face of disputed testimony.