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Publication details [#59087]

Marcellino, William M. 2014. Talk like a Marine: USMC linguistic acculturation and civil–military argument. Discourse Studies 16 (3) : 385–405.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

acculturation | argumentation | professional language | public speech | repeating

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Exploring the link between US Marine discourse and civil–military public argument, reveals that as Marines iterate ways of talking apt within the community, even when situationally unfit for civilian audiences, this could restrict them in public argument.