Communication codes of rationality and spirituality in the discourse of and about Robert S. McNamara's in retrospect

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-211

  Coutu, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0034348982     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327973RLSI3302_3     Document Type: Article

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