Publications

Publication details [#43623]

Mehan, Hugh and Gordon C. Chang. 2006. Discourse in a religious mode: The Bush administration's discourse in the War on Terrorism and its challenges. Pragmatics 16 (1) : 1–23.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conflict | political language | religion | representational structure

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This paper discusses how the religious representation mode of the Bush Administration helps to make sense of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and to legitimize anti-terrorist military action.