'Now is the time to put an end to all this': Argumentative discourse theory and 'letters to the editor'

Discourse and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-168

  Richardson, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argument; British Muslims; Broadsheet newspapers; Letters to the editor; Pragma dialectical theory; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035579214     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926501012002002     Document Type: Article

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