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Alcoholic herbal sex drinks and the construction of masculinities in Nigeria 酒精性草药饮料与尼日利亚男性气质的构建

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2023-01-27 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221132990

Daniel Oluwafemi Ajayi

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How US judges manage a dilemma narrating their careers 美国法官如何应对讲述自己职业生涯的困境

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2023-01-27 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221133016

K. Tracy

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Counter-discourse production in social media: A feminist CDA of a Weibo post 社交媒体中的反话语生产：一篇微博帖子的女权主义CDA

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2023-01-27 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221150187

Qiongzi Wang, Huhua Ouyang

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‘Repetition without change?’: A critical discourse analysis of selected ZANU-PF advertisements for the July 2013 and July 2018 elections '重复而不更改？'：2013年7月和2018年7月选举中ZANU-PF广告的批判性话语分析

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2023-01-19 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221132977

Albert Chibuwe, Allen Munoriyarwa

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The development of a multidimensional meaning of tax: From unfair tax to fair 税收发展的多维意义:从不公平税收到公平税收

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2022-12-12 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221131219

Axel Hilling, Niklas Sandell, Amanda Sonnerfeldt, Anders Vilhelmsson

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‘I’m actually shocked of how rude you are!’ Communication challenges in webchat-based customer service “事实上，我对你如此粗鲁感到震惊！”基于网络聊天的客户服务中的沟通挑战

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2022-11-18 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221123843

Erika Darics, Jane Lockwood

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‘Smash this sissy boy’s mouth, Cuiguo!’: Framing and humor in gay Taiwanese YouTubers’ self-disclosures about being bullied “快把这个娘娘腔的嘴砸碎，翠果！”：台湾同性恋YouTuber自我揭露被欺负事件的框架与幽默

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2022-11-04 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221132978

L. Chen

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Journalistic evaluation in financial news 财经新闻中的新闻评价

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2022-11-02 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221133015

L. Hansen, Irene Pollach, Margit Malmmose

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A study on the discourse strategy of telecommunication fraud based on proximization theory 基于代理理论的电信诈骗话语策略研究

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221129517

Hongwei Ye, Kexin Chen

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Book Review: Philip Seargeant, The Art of Political Storytelling: Why Stories Win Votes in Post-Truth Politics 书评：Philip Seargeant，《政治故事的艺术：为什么故事在后真相政治中赢得选票》

IF 1.9 2区文学

Discourse & Communication Pub Date : 2022-10-24 DOI: 10.1177/17504813221129122

Marion Nao

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