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In this study, I will examine the role of language in American politics and political journalism with two major goals in mind. The first is to contribute to the understanding of some interesting linguistic and sociolinguistic properties of political and journalistic language. The second is to examine the merits of certain very interesting (and sometimes quite extravagant) claims that have been made over the years about the influence of political language on political thought.
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Geis, M.L. (1987). Introduction. In: The Language of Politics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4714-2_1
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