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Publication details [#49137]

Kampf, Zohar. 2008. The pragmatics of forgiveness: judgments of apologies in the Israeli political arena. Discourse & Society 19 (5) : 577–598.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

apologizing | forgiving | judgment | political discussion | pragmatics

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Using discourse data from the Israeli political arena between 1997 and 2004, this paper explores how political actors interpret and judge apologies as members of a distinctive interpretive community.