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Publication details [#26988]

Huckin, Thomas. 2002. Textual silence and the discourse of homelessness. Discourse & Society 13 (3) : 347–372.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
critical discourse analysis | ideology | intention | manipulating | news reporting | silence
Language as a subject
English, American
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications
ISBN
0957-9265
Journal WWW
www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper which distinguishes five types of textual silence, -discreet, speech-act, genre-based, presuppositional and manipulative silences-, illustrates how manipulative silences work and can be identified via an analysis of U.S. newspaper discourse on homelessness (1999).