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Militant, annoying and sexy: A corpus-based study of representations of vegans in the British press

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Militant, annoying and sexy: A corpus-based study of representations of vegans in the British press. / Brookes, Gavin; Chałupnik, Małgorzata.
In: Critical Discourse Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, 28.02.2023, p. 218-236.

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Brookes, G & Chałupnik, M 2023, 'Militant, annoying and sexy: A corpus-based study of representations of vegans in the British press', Critical Discourse Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 218-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2022.2055592

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Brookes, G., & Chałupnik, M. (2023). Militant, annoying and sexy: A corpus-based study of representations of vegans in the British press. Critical Discourse Studies, 20(2), 218-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2022.2055592

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Brookes G, Chałupnik M. Militant, annoying and sexy: A corpus-based study of representations of vegans in the British press. Critical Discourse Studies. 2023 Feb 28;20(2):218-236. Epub 2022 Mar 29. doi: 10.1080/17405904.2022.2055592

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Brookes, Gavin ; Chałupnik, Małgorzata. / Militant, annoying and sexy : A corpus-based study of representations of vegans in the British press. In: Critical Discourse Studies. 2023 ; Vol. 20, No. 2. pp. 218-236.

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