The language of journalism in treatments of hormone replacement news

Written Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-297

  MacDonald, Susan Peck ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional linguistics; Grammatical analysis; Hormone replacement news; Linguistic analysis; Medical rhetoric; Popularization of science; Science journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 22744455537     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088305278027     Document Type: Article

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