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Publication details [#40185]
Albakry, Mohammed. 2004. U.S. "Friendly Fire" Bombing of Canadian Troops: Analysis of the Investigative Reports. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 1 (3) : 163–178. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Place, Publisher
Erlbaum
Annotation
This paper, drawing on the interpretive framework offered by politeness theory and critical discourse analysis, employs a corpus linguistic approach to compare an American and a Canadian military report, examining the Kandahar incident of the U.S. "friendly fire" bombing of Canadian troops on the 17th of April 2002.