A linguistic analysis of discourse on the killing of nonhuman animals

Society and Animals

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-148

  Jepson, Jill ^a  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Critical discourse analysis; Euthanasia; Language; Put to sleep; Slaughter

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 43949089143     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: 15685306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853008X291426     Document Type: Article

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