Introduction
Democratisation
How can historical corpus pragmatics contribute to understanding changes in the recent history of English?
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Meanings of democratisation
- 3.Towards a corpus-pragmatic perspective on democratization
- 4.Conclusion
- Notes
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