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In:Discourses of War and Peace: 21st century perspectives
Edited by Cornelia Ilie
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 355] 2026
► pp. 1–27

Discursive (mis)representations of war and peace in cross-national and historical perspectives

 | Strömstad Academy, Sweden
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Reconceptualizing war, peace, and neutrality as central keywords
  • 3.Discourses of war
  • 4.Discourses of peace
  • 5.Challenging the war-peace dichotomy
  • 6.Overview of the book
  • References
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