'This we have done': The vagueness of poetry and public relations

Vague Language Explored

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 21-39

  Cook, Guy ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015351167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230627420     Document Type: Chapter

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