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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Culture > English Language and Literature |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries > School of Media and Communications |
Depositing User: | Barry Hall |
Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2014 15:21 |
Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2019 15:37 |
URI: | http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/5179 |
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