Discourse and dissonance: Making sense of socio-political change in Northern Ireland

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1358-1375

  Stapleton, Karyn ^a   Wilson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(In)consistency; Cognitive dissonance; Discourse; Discursive psychology; Northern Ireland; Policing; Rhetorical Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349201352     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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