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Publication details [#65070]

Christie, Christine. 2018. The indexical scope of adios: a relevance theoretic analysis of discursive constructions of gender and institutions and their impact on utterance interpretation. Journal of Politeness Research 14 (1) : 97–120.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | indexical | institutional context | politeness | relevance theory

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/JPLR/html

Annotation

This article displays what an indexical assay of (im)politeness phenomena, informed by a relevance-theoretic method to communication, can reveal about a brief exchange between the judge and the accused. Data used are a brief YouTube clip of a USA courtroom hearing.