A Functional Analysis of the 2006 Canadian and 2007 Australian Election Debates

Argumentation and Advocacy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-48

  Benoit, William L ^a   Henson, Jayne R ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; electoral debates; functions; incumbency; topics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875346624     PISSN: 10511431     EISSN: 25768476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028533.2007.11821676     Document Type: Article

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