Finding proof negative: Tracing the empirical footprint of collective linguistic avoidance in historical American and British newspaper texts
Linguistic avoidance - the conscious or unconscious non-use of a problematic language expression and/or the substitution of another - is difficult to demonstrate empirically in historical terms, as it constitutes a negative action that leaves no positive trace. However, all hope is not lost for the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016-03-01
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| Series: | ICAME Journal |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/icame-2016-0005 |