Conflicting representations in business and media texts: The case of PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1088-1104

  McLaren Hankin, Yvonne ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Sleaze'; Business communication; Crisis in organizations; Evaluation; Genre; Press releases; Representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247567897     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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