Presidential inaugurals: The modernization of a genre

Political Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-92

  Sigelman, Lee ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Inaugural addresses; Presidential rhetoric; Rhetorical genres; Traditional values; Unification symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030306757     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.1996.9963096     Document Type: Article

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