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| Smith, Craig Allen | 1 |
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Smith, Craig Allen – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1977
Explores both paranoid and non-paranoid political discourse including the nature of the evidence and the extent to which such evidence is distorted. Contends that study results affirm the value of the Hofstadter evidence-inference dichotomy. (MH)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Language Styles, Language Usage
