Beyond preformulation: An ethnographic perspective on press releases

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 37, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1251-1273

  Sleurs, Kim ^a   Jacobs, Geert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Metapragmatic features; PR; Preformulation; Press releases; Reader reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744386684     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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