Discourse construction of social power: Interpersonal rhetoric in editorials of the China Daily

Discourse Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-78

  Liu, Lihua ^a,b  

^a BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

China Daily; Construction; Editorial; Evaluation; Interpersonal rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349096157     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445608098498     Document Type: Article

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