Lexico-Semantic Manipulative Devices in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Debates
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عنوان ژورنال: CDELT Occasional Papers "In the Development of English Language Education" (Print)
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1110-2721', '2735-3591']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/opde.2021.208445