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From ‘politically correct councillors’ to ‘Blairite nonsense’: discourses of ‘political correctness’ in three British newspapers.

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From ‘politically correct councillors’ to ‘Blairite nonsense’: discourses of ‘political correctness’ in three British newspapers. / Johnson, S.; Culpeper, Jonathan; Suhr, S.
In: Discourse and Society, Vol. 14, No. 1, 01.2003, p. 29-47.

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Johnson, S, Culpeper, J & Suhr, S 2003, 'From ‘politically correct councillors’ to ‘Blairite nonsense’: discourses of ‘political correctness’ in three British newspapers.', Discourse and Society, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 29-47. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926503014001928

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Johnson, S., Culpeper, J., & Suhr, S. (2003). From ‘politically correct councillors’ to ‘Blairite nonsense’: discourses of ‘political correctness’ in three British newspapers. Discourse and Society, 14(1), 29-47. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926503014001928

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Johnson S, Culpeper J, Suhr S. From ‘politically correct councillors’ to ‘Blairite nonsense’: discourses of ‘political correctness’ in three British newspapers. Discourse and Society. 2003 Jan;14(1):29-47. doi: 10.1177/0957926503014001928

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Johnson, S. ; Culpeper, Jonathan ; Suhr, S. / From ‘politically correct councillors’ to ‘Blairite nonsense’: discourses of ‘political correctness’ in three British newspapers. In: Discourse and Society. 2003 ; Vol. 14, No. 1. pp. 29-47.

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