Carbon reduction activism in the UK: lexical creativity and lexical framing in the context of climate change

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Carbon reduction activism in the UK: lexical creativity and lexical framing in the context of climate change

This article examines discourses associated with a new environmental movement, “Carbon Rationing Action Groups” (CRAGs). This case study is intended to contribute to a wider investigation of the emergence of a new type of language used to debate climate change mitigation. Advice on how to reduce one...

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Main Authors:	Nerlich, Brigitte, Koteyko, Nelya
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2009
Subjects:	Environmental Activism; Social Movements; Climate Change; Lexical Creativity; Metaphor; Framing; Ecolinguistics
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1302/

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