@article{922162,
      recid = {922162},
      author = {Zinn, Jens O.,},
      title = {The UK 'at Risk' : a corpus approach to historical social  change 1785--2009 /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book presents a case study of the proliferation of at  risk-language in The Times news coverage from 1785 to 2009,  illuminating the changing social experience of risk. Zinn  presents an historical examination of the forces which have  shaped the language of risk over time, and considers how  linguistic developments in recent decades are underpinned  by issues such as cultural and structural transformations,  the management of infectious and chronic diseases and  climate change. He also explores changes in the public  sphere, including the production of the news. Based on an  interdisciplinary research project which combines  linguistic research tools with sociological analysis of the  social contexts, the book contributes to a better  understanding of how 'at risk' has become a defining  feature of the UK in recent decades, and one which  permeates all kinds of social domains. This research will  be a point of reference for students and scholars engaging  with risk studies from various disciplines including  sociology, media studies, history and socio-linguistics. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/922162},
}