Talk from the top down

This article considers the phenomenon of 'top-down talk' - interaction in institutional settings where the use of language is highly regulated and standardized, so that many aspects of interaction are in effect designed not by the participants themselves, but by superordinate agents such a...

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Main Author: Cameron, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008
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