In a nutshell: Persuasion in the spatially constrained language of advertising

Language and Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 297-310

  Bruthiaux, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Discourse; Evolution; Linguistics; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034413247     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5309(00)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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