On 'flip-flopping': Branded stance-taking in U.S. electoral politics

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-248

  Lempert, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addressivity; Branding; Debate; Interdiscursivity; Politics; Stance

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349100350     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2009.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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