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Wilson, John. 1990. Politically speaking: The pragmatic analysis of political language. Basil Blackwell. 203 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

An analysis in the field of applied linguistics. The author aims to show how pragmatic concepts, theories and methods can be applied to the study of political discourse. Besides a general discussion of this subject, more detailed analyses are made of issues such as identification and reference, pronouns, implications, metaphors and questions.

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