The Bush 2007 press conferences: Chapter 11. Hedging in political discourse

Fraser, Bruce

doi:10.1075/dapsac.36.16fra

In:Perspectives in Politics and Discourse
Edited by Urszula Okulska and Piotr Cap
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 36] 2010
► pp. 201–214

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Chapter 11. Hedging in political discourse

The Bush 2007 press conferences

Bruce Fraser

Published online: 16 June 2010

https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.36.16fra

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