Why Is It the CIA But Not *The NASA? Acronyms, Initialisms, and Definite Descriptions Export

@article{citeulike:67695, author = {Harley, Heidi}, citeulike-article-id = {67695}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/dup/asp/2004/00000079/00000004/art00003}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~hharley/PDFs/Papers.html}, issn = {0003-1283}, journal = {American Speech}, keywords = {acronyms, linguistics}, number = {4}, pages = {368+}, posted-at = {2005-11-29 03:12:35}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Duke University Press}, title = {Why Is It the CIA But Not *The NASA? Acronyms, Initialisms, and Definite Descriptions}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/dup/asp/2004/00000079/00000004/art00003}, volume = {79} }

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