The evolution of candidate Bush: A rhetorical analysis

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-197

  Hart, Roderick P ^a,b,c   Childers, Jay P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation   (United States)

^c Department of Critical Communication and Media Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Bush; Campaign; Diction; Language; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444493538     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205280201     Document Type: Article

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