Critical discourse analysis of political press conferences

Discourse and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-203

  Bhatia, Aditi ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b 2B Academic Exchange Building   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Evasion; Influence; Political press conferences; Positivity; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646716344     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926506058057     Document Type: Article

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