Communicating messages of solidarity, promotion and pride in death announcements genre in Jordanian newspapers

Discourse and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-31

  Al Ali, Mohammed N ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Genre analysis; Martyr's wedding; Obituary announcements; Sociocultural factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144251207     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926505048228     Document Type: Review

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