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Rebranding the Scottish Executive: a discourse-historical analysis

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Rebranding the Scottish Executive: a discourse-historical analysis. / Unger, Johann Wolfgang.
In: Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 12, No. 1, 01.01.2013, p. 59-79.

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Unger JW. Rebranding the Scottish Executive: a discourse-historical analysis. Journal of Language and Politics. 2013 Jan 1;12(1):59-79. doi: 10.1075/jlp.12.1.03ung

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Unger, Johann Wolfgang. / Rebranding the Scottish Executive : a discourse-historical analysis. In: Journal of Language and Politics. 2013 ; Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 59-79.

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