Verbal play on the hospital ward: Solidarity or power?

Multilingua

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 39-59

  Grainger, Karen ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247657143     PISSN: 01678507     EISSN: 16133684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mult.2004.007     Document Type: Article

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