Publications

Publication details [#51093]

Laforest, Marty. 2009. Complaining in front of a witness: Aspects of blaming others for their behaviour in multi-party family interactions. Journal of Pragmatics 41 : 2452–2464.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

blaming | complaining | family conversation | multiparty conversation | tension

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This study explores how the presence of a witness affects direct blaming in multi-party family conversation. The witness appears to contribute both to regulating conduct and to manage tension between participants.