Rhetoric in professional speechwriting business. Several remarks on The language work of speechwriters by Gwynne Mapes. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 2025, pp. 218

Katarzyna Galinowska

Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie UWM
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1387-7808





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2026-06-30

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Galinowska, K. (2026). Rhetoric in professional speechwriting business. Several remarks on The language work of speechwriters by Gwynne Mapes. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 2025, pp. 218. Papers in Linguistics, 28(2), 287–294. https://doi.org/10.31648/pj.12525

Katarzyna Galinowska 
Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie UWM
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1387-7808