War of words : Language, politics and 9/11

At first there were no words to describe September 11, only a national hush that expressed the sudden absence of so many lives. Then the floodgates opened: eyewitness accounts, expert analyses, bitter denunciations, tributes to the fallen heroes, patriotic exhortations, eulogies, spin. Tracing the s...

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Main Author: Silberstein, Sandra, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Routledge, 2002.
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