Construction of discursive illusions in the ‘Umbrella Movement’

Discourse and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 407-427

  Bhatia, Aditi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Categorisation; discourse analysis; discursive illusions; habitus; metaphor; multi perspective analysis; structure immediacy; umbrella movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936852493     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926515576635     Document Type: Article

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