The Discursive Construction of Blame: The Language of Public Inquiries
- Submitting institution
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University of the West of England, Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 1467562
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1057/978-1-137-50722-8
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- ISBN
- 9781137507211
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137507211
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- The Discursive Construction of Blame is a book-length treatment of the language of public inquiries. It required the synthesis of a huge variety of data on public inquiries – including: parliamentary debates in the establishment of inquiries, written evidence submitted to the inquiries, transcripts of oral evidence at inquiries and the final written reports produced at the conclusion of inquiries. In total approximately 15 million words were analysed, utilising a range of appropriate linguistic and discourse analytic techniques. The research effort was sustained – taking just over three years from conception to completion.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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