The pragmatics of peremptory assertion: An ideological analysis of the use of the word 'just' in local politicians' denials of politics

Discourse and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-373

  Weltman, David ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Just'; Ideological analysis; Local government; New Labour; Peremptory assertions; Political discourseThe Third Way

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037266634     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926503014003005     Document Type: Review

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