TO STAY, REMAIN OR LEAVE: HOW VERBAL CONCEPTS AS RESPONSE OPTIONS IN POLITICAL REFERENDUMS SUCH AS THE BREXIT POLLS MIGHT BIAS VOTING OUTCOMES

To stay, remain or leave: how verbal concepts as response options in political referendums such as the Brexit polls might bias voting outcomes

Abstract Referendums allow people to participate in political decision-making.However, they also come with the challenge of presenting complex issues to the electorate in a concise and comprehensible way.In order to simplify the decision-making process, referendum questions are often tailored to yes/no response options.In comparison, the UK Europea

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What Makes Metaphors Manipulative Tools?

Manipulation implies a conscious choice from speakers to trigger a change Pegged Puzzles of opinion in the interlocutors and to make them accept their own point of view, i.e.their own vision of the world.As pointed out by Goatly [2007], Charteris-Black [2005, 2014] or Van Dijk [1998], metaphors can be used as manipulative tools.Metaphors have tradi

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1-Ethoxy-2-methoxy-4-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethenyl]benzene

In the title molecule, C17H17NO4, the dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings is 42.47 (7)°.The nitro group is twisted by 7.44 (11)° out of the plane of Floor Hockey - Equipment the ring to which it is attached.The methoxy and ethoxy group O atoms deviate significantly from the phenyl ring ECHINAFORCE EXT

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