A functional analysis of 2004 Ukrainian presidential debates

Argumentation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-225

  Benoit, Wiilliam L ^a   Klyukovski, Andrew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Language and Literature   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclaims; Attacks; Character; Defenses; Functional Theory; Policy; Political debate; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749335702     PISSN: 0920427X     EISSN: 15728374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10503-006-9007-x     Document Type: Article

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