ePluribus unum? Dialogism and monologism in organizational web discourse

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-153

  Killoran, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIALOGIC ANALYSIS; DISCURSIVE DIVERSITY; ORGANIZATIONAL WEB DISCOURSE;

HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LINGUISTICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 21244500573     PISSN: 00472816     EISSN: 15413780     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/JA8H-JFD6-58LD-RGTD     Document Type: Article

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