The War of Words: The Language of British Elections, 1880-1914

(Part of the Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)

by Luke Blaxill

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A radical new approach to the political speeches delivered during this period.

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...

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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History Language Arts

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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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