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"And I Think That Is a Very Straightforward Way of Dealing With It'': The Communicative Function of Cognitive Verbs in Political Discourse

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"And I Think That Is a Very Straightforward Way of Dealing With It'': The Communicative Function of Cognitive Verbs in Political Discourse. / Fetzer, Anita.
In: Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 4, 01.12.2008, p. 384-396.

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Harvard

Fetzer, A 2008, '"And I Think That Is a Very Straightforward Way of Dealing With It'': The Communicative Function of Cognitive Verbs in Political Discourse', Journal of Language and Social Psychology, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 384-396. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X08322481

APA

Fetzer, A. (2008). "And I Think That Is a Very Straightforward Way of Dealing With It'': The Communicative Function of Cognitive Verbs in Political Discourse. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 27(4), 384-396. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X08322481

Vancouver

Fetzer A. "And I Think That Is a Very Straightforward Way of Dealing With It'': The Communicative Function of Cognitive Verbs in Political Discourse. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 2008 Dec 1;27(4):384-396. doi: 10.1177/0261927X08322481

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