The Discursive Construction of Blame The Language of Public Inquiries /

• Main Author: Murphy, James (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Discourse analysis.; Sociolinguistics.; Criminology.; Political communication.; Communication.; Ethics.; Discourse Analysis.; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.; Political Communication.; Media and Communication.

This book examines the language of public inquiries to reveal how blame is assigned, avoided, negotiated and discussed in this quasi-legal setting. In doing so, the author adds a much-needed linguistic perspective to the study of blame - previously the reserve of moral philosophers, sociologists and...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Openings: Terms, conditions and getting started
• Chapter 3: Questioning
• Chapter 4: Blame avoidance
• Chapter 5: The (non-)assigning of blame
• Chapter 6: Apologising
• Chapter 7: Conclusion.