Textual silence and the discourse of homelessness

Discourse and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 347-372

  Huckin, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Context models; Elision; Framing; Homelessness; Intentionality; Omission; Public discourse; Rhetorical manipulation; Textual absences; Textual silence; The unsaid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036256002     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926502013003054     Document Type: Review

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