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“28 Palestinians Die”: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Mystification in Press Coverage of State Violence on the Gaza Border.

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“28 Palestinians Die”: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Mystification in Press Coverage of State Violence on the Gaza Border. / Hart, Christopher.
New Directions in Cognitive Grammar and Style. ed. / Marcello Giovanelli; Chloe Harrison; Louise Nuttall. Bloomsbury, 2021. p. 93-115.

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Hart, C 2021, “28 Palestinians Die”: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Mystification in Press Coverage of State Violence on the Gaza Border. in M Giovanelli, C Harrison & L Nuttall (eds), New Directions in Cognitive Grammar and Style. Bloomsbury, pp. 93-115. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350111141.ch-006

APA

Hart, C. (2021). “28 Palestinians Die”: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Mystification in Press Coverage of State Violence on the Gaza Border. In M. Giovanelli, C. Harrison, & L. Nuttall (Eds.), New Directions in Cognitive Grammar and Style (pp. 93-115). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350111141.ch-006

Vancouver

Hart C. “28 Palestinians Die”: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Mystification in Press Coverage of State Violence on the Gaza Border. In Giovanelli M, Harrison C, Nuttall L, editors, New Directions in Cognitive Grammar and Style. Bloomsbury. 2021. p. 93-115 doi: 10.5040/9781350111141.ch-006

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Hart, Christopher. / “28 Palestinians Die” : A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Mystification in Press Coverage of State Violence on the Gaza Border. New Directions in Cognitive Grammar and Style. editor / Marcello Giovanelli ; Chloe Harrison ; Louise Nuttall. Bloomsbury, 2021. pp. 93-115

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