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The Chilean student movement and the media: a comparative analysis on the linguistic representation of the 04 August, 2011 manifestation in right-wing and left-wing newspapers. / Perez, Carolina.
In: Logos, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2012.

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Perez, C 2012, 'The Chilean student movement and the media: a comparative analysis on the linguistic representation of the 04 August, 2011 manifestation in right-wing and left-wing newspapers', Logos, vol. 22, no. 2. <http://revistas.userena.cl/index.php/logos/article/view/132#!>

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Perez, C. (2012). The Chilean student movement and the media: a comparative analysis on the linguistic representation of the 04 August, 2011 manifestation in right-wing and left-wing newspapers. Logos, 22(2). http://revistas.userena.cl/index.php/logos/article/view/132#!

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Perez C. The Chilean student movement and the media: a comparative analysis on the linguistic representation of the 04 August, 2011 manifestation in right-wing and left-wing newspapers. Logos. 2012;22(2).

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Perez, Carolina. / The Chilean student movement and the media : a comparative analysis on the linguistic representation of the 04 August, 2011 manifestation in right-wing and left-wing newspapers. In: Logos. 2012 ; Vol. 22, No. 2.

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