Educational reform discourse: President George Bush on "America 2000"

Communication Education

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-319

  Staton, Ann Q ^a   Peeples, Jennifer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

America 2000; Discourse; Educational reform; Language; Metaphor; President George Bush; Presidential discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034553315     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520009379220     Document Type: Article

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