The 1st person plural in political discourse-American politicians in interviews and in a debate

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3251-3266

  Proctor, Katarzyna ^a   Su, Lily I Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Context; Personal pronoun; Political debate; Political interview

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052425450     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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