Language and Covid-19: Corpus linguistics and the social reality of the pandemic

Mahlberg, Michaela; Brookes, Gavin

doi:10.1075/ijcl.00043.mah

Introduction published In: Language and Covid-19
Edited by Michaela Mahlberg and Gavin Brookes
[International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 26:4] 2021
► pp. 441–443

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Introduction

Language and Covid-19

Corpus linguistics and the social reality of the pandemic

Michaela Mahlberg | University of Birmingham

Gavin Brookes | Lancaster University

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Published online: 10 November 2021

https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.00043.mah

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