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Al-juboori, Ali; Mustafa, Sabah S. – Arab World English Journal, 2022
Deception is a misrepresentation of reality that attracted many researchers examining it from various perspectives. However, no due attention has been given to the discursive deception strategies in the work of think tanks. This study aims at exposing the deception strategies deployed in the conservative American think tanks' discourse which…
Descriptors: Deception, Pragmatics, Persuasive Discourse, Political Attitudes
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Brym, Robert J.; Araj, Bader – Social Forces, 2006
Social scientists have explained the rise of suicide bombing since the early 1980s by focusing on the characteristics of suicide bombers, the cultural matrix in which they operate, and the strategic calculations they make to maximize their gains. The authors offer an alternative approach that emphasizes the interaction between Palestinian suicide…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Suicide, Weapons, Conflict