'The Elevation of Sensitivity over Truth': "Political Correctness" and "Related Phrases" in the "Time" Magazine Corpus

• Published in: Applied linguistics Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 265 - 287
• Main Authors: Granath, Solveig, Ullén, Magnus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Criticism; Discourse Analysis; Form Classes (Languages); Incidence; Language Usage; Norms; Opinions; Periodicals; Political Attitudes

This article is a quantitative and qualitative diachronic study of how the expression "politically correct" (PC) and related phrases are used in the American magazine Time from 1923 through 2006. The data show a dramatic increase in the frequency with which PC-phrases are used in the early...