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Publication details [#51068]

Stokoe, Elizabeth H. 2009. “For the benefit of the tape”: Formulating embodied conduct in designedly uni-modal recorded police–suspect interrogations. Journal of Pragmatics 41 (10) : 1887–1904.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ablative absolute construction | interrogation | phrase structure grammar | recipient design

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This article discusses the design, placement and action orientation of the phrase, “for (the benefit of) the tape” in recorded British police–suspect interrogations. FBT/FT phrases are ‘recipient designed’ in two ways: for both co-present and distal participants.