The War of Words: The Language of British Elections, 1880-1914
(Part of the Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)
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The late nineteenth and early twentieth century have been widely eulogised as a "golden age" of popular platform oratory. This book considers the language of British elections - especially stump speeches - during this period. It employs a "big data" methodology inspired by computational linguistics, using text-mining to analyse over five million words delivered by Conservative, Liberal and Labour candidates in the nine elections that took place...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0861933540
ISBN13:9780861933549
Release Date:April 2020
Publisher:Royal Historical Society
Length:362 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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