The discourse of colonial withdrawal: A case study in the creation of mythic discourse

Discourse and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 453-477

  Flowerdew, John ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Genre; Hong Kong; Indexicals; Involvement; Lexis; Myth; Political discourse; Presupposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031285215     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926597008004002     Document Type: Article

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