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Book Title: Interpreting Straw Man Argumentation: The Pragmatics Of Quot...
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Douglas Walton, Fabrizio Macagno
Publication Name: Interpreting Straw Man Argumentation : the Pragmatics of Quotation and Reporting
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2017
Series: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy and Psychology Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 162.8 Oz
Number of Pages: Xviii, 203 Pages
