Informalization in UK party election broadcasts 1966-97

Language and Literature

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-90

  Pearce, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Informalization; Party election broadcasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248700617     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963947005046285     Document Type: Article

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