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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies
"Terrorist" movement.
Interesting to see the growth in frequency of the word "terrorist" over the decades below in Time magazine. Could this be because terrorism has grown over those decades, or many of what were once called freedom fighters are now renamed as terrorists, or is it that terrorism has become more newsworthy?
WORD - TERRORIST
1920s 5
1930s 41
1940s 36
1950s 67
1960s 131
1970s 314
1980s 453
1990s 226
2000s 694
http://corpus.byu.edu/time/
WORD - TERRORIST
1920s 5
1930s 41
1940s 36
1950s 67
1960s 131
1970s 314
1980s 453
1990s 226
2000s 694
http://corpus.byu.edu/time/
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Not sure if it's significant, but... Here are the figures for the "Clinton years", so to speak. 32 Here are the figures for this decade up to 2006 - the "Bush years", so to speak.
- Not sure if it's significant, but...
- Here are the figures for the "Clinton years", so to speak.
- 32 Here are the figures for this decade up to 2006 - the "Bush years", so to speak.
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Not sure if it's significant, but...
Here are the figures for the "Clinton years", so to speak.
YEAR:
PER MIL WORDS
1993 45.45
1994 39.70
1995 61.24
1996 39.78
1997 20.62
1998 28.82
1999 10.25
2000 25.19
2001 189.32
Here are the figures for this decade up to 2006 - the "Bush years", so to speak.
YEAR:
Here are the figures for the "Clinton years", so to speak.
YEAR:
PER MIL WORDS
1993 45.45
1994 39.70
1995 61.24
1996 39.78
1997 20.62
1998 28.82
1999 10.25
2000 25.19
2001 189.32
Here are the figures for this decade up to 2006 - the "Bush years", so to speak.
YEAR:
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