Presuppositions and strategic functions in Bush's 20/9/2001 speech: A critical discourse analysis

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-375

  Mazid, Bahaa eddin M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Idealism and pragmatism; Presupposition; Propaganda devices; Strategic functions; Us and Them

Indexed keywords

EID: 54549110978     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.6.3.05maz     Document Type: Article

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