Discourse and Institutional Authority

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• Introduction: Communication in Institutional Contexts: Social Interaction and Social Structure MEDICINE Friendly Persuasion: Negotiating Decisions to Use Oral Contraceptives A Feminist Critique of Scientific Ideology: An Analysis of Two Doctor-Patient Encounters An Empirically Grounded Approach to Ethical Analysis and Social Change The Apostolic Function of the Dentist Doing the Organization's Work: An Examination of Aspects of the Operation of a Crisis Intervention Center EDUCATION On the Necessity of Collusion in Conversation The Role of Language and the Language of Role in Institutional Decision Making The Language of Attribution: Constructing Rationales for Education Placement Writing, Sexism, and Schooling: A Discourse-Analytic Investigation of Some Recent Documents on Sexism and Education in Queensland LAW The Verbatim Record: The Myth and the Reality Some Functions of Spatial Positioning and Alignment in the Organization of Courtroom Discourse Some Linguistic Contributions to a Criminal Court Case Author Index Subject Index