Publications

Publication details [#51083]

Kampf, Zohar. 2009. Public (non-) apologies: The discourse of minimizing responsibility. Journal of Pragmatics 41 (11) : 2257–2270.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

apologizing | crime | political language | public speech

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This study explores how public figures generate creative apologetic speech in order to minimize misdeed responsibility. Based on the analysis of Israeli public apologies between 1997 and 2004, four main tactics of minimizing misdeed responsibility are illustrated.