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Peer reviewedKauffman, Charles – Communication Monographs, 1989
Traces the theoretical significance of using names as titles for situations, and applies this analysis to the United States' intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) programs. Argues that the names given to ICBMs preserve their utility as weapons by linking them to the myths of the nineteenth-century western frontier. (MM)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Language Usage, Nuclear Warfare
