Politics of mitigation.
News texts about war are clear manifestations of moral meanings, and the analysis of these texts usually centers on the ideal of neutral and fair representation of the war operations without undermining the audience's pity towards the victims of such violence. One aim of this article is to show thro...
| Publicado en: | Critical Discourse Studies Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 31 - 50 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2009
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