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The European Union in Cyberspace. Multilingual Democratic Participation in a virtual public sphere?

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The European Union in Cyberspace. Multilingual Democratic Participation in a virtual public sphere? / Wodak, Ruth; Wright, S.
In: Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2006, p. 251-275.

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Wodak R, Wright S. The European Union in Cyberspace. Multilingual Democratic Participation in a virtual public sphere? Journal of Language and Politics. 2006;5(2):251-275. doi: 10.1075/jlp.5.2.07wod

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Wodak, Ruth ; Wright, S. / The European Union in Cyberspace. Multilingual Democratic Participation in a virtual public sphere?. In: Journal of Language and Politics. 2006 ; Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 251-275.

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