The political economy of truth in the "war on terror" discourse: Competing visions of an Iraq/al Qaeda connection

Social Semiotics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-20

  Hodges, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequation; Discourse; Entextualization; Micro macro; Truth; War on terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249145356     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330601124627     Document Type: Article

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