What Do Economists Talk About? A Linguistic Analysis of Published Writing in Economic Journals.
The present study aims to add to our knowledge about economic rhetoric by conducting a data-driven analysis of economic academic discourse, both synchronically in its contemporary form, and diachronically over the past four decades. We find (1) that linguistically, economics is clearly an academic g...
| Published in: | American Journal of Economics & Sociology Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 335 - 379 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
April 2007
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