What we call a group could diminish the people within it

Comparing 1997 and 2010, group was found in both years with rights, small, ethnic, pressure, rebel, support, armed and environmental. However, in 1997 it was also found with Islamic, paramilitary, action, working and separatist, while in 2010 it collocated with conservation, crisis and Islamist.

There is a parallel small change between 1997 and 2010 in the collocates of nation and nations. In both years the words are linked with: African, Asian, developed, developing, European, industrial, industrialised, United and western. However, in 1997, nation also collocated with donor, favoured, foreign and poorer, terms that do not occur in the top 50 collocates of 2010.

There has also been a change in the way people are reported. While 1997 and 2010 have shared uses, including: black, British, elderly, indigenous, local and ordinary, in 1997, people also collocated strongly with: disabled and HIV-positive, but in 2010 the emphasis had shifted to fat, gay, older and rich.


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