Two communicative levels and twofold illocutionary force in televised political debates

Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-307

  Dynel, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Broadcast talk; Communicative levels; Hearers listeners; Illocutionary force; Recipients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858735514     PISSN: 18977499     EISSN: 17320747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/psicl-2011-0018     Document Type: Article

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