Lexical cohesion analysis of political speech

Political Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 447-463

  Beata, Beigman ^a   Diermeier, Daniel ^a   Beigman, Eyal ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 62249186704     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpn007     Document Type: Article

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