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Key Function Words in a Corpus of UK Election Manifestos

Pearce, Michael (2014) Key Function Words in a Corpus of UK Election Manifestos. Linguistik Online, 65 (3). pp. 23-44. ISSN 1615-3014

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Abstract

This article explores a corpus of all the UK election manifestos produced by the three main
political parties in the period 1900–2010. It offers an alternative perspective on function
words in corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis, placing them at the centre rather than the
periphery. Using a combination of WordSmith Tools and Sketch Engine, I identify four key
function words and show how a consideration of their phraseological behaviour can – perhaps
surprisingly – reveal aspects of party ideology, as well as pointing to generic change over
time.

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Depositing User: Barry Hall

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Item ID: 5179
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.13092/lo.65.1402
ISSN: 1615-3014
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/5179
Official URL: https://bop.unibe.ch/linguistik-online/issue/view/...

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Date Deposited: 05 Nov 2014 15:21
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2019 15:37

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Author: Michael Pearce

University Divisions

Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries > School of Media and Communications

Subjects

Culture > English Language and Literature

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