Tropic aggression in the Clinton-Dole presidential debate

Agha, Asif

doi:10.1075/prag.7.4.02agh

Article published In: Conflict and violence in pragmatic research
Edited by Charles L. Briggs
[Pragmatics 7:4] 1997
► pp. 461–497

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Tropic aggression in the Clinton-Dole presidential debate

Asif Agha

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Published online: 1 December 1997

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