C. Ruth Pritchard

List of John Benjamins publications in which C. Ruth Pritchard is involved.

Article

Pritchard, C. Ruth 1993 Supportive devices in language and paralanguage in the achievement of affiliation in troubles talk Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 16:1, pp. 57–70 | Article

This study uses the methodology of conversational analysis to examine a case of ‘troubles talk’ between a group of female survivors of rape:that is, conversation on the discourse topic of ‘troubles’ or problems, and displaying the close interactional distance of intimacy. Rather than dwelling on… read more