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Ambiguity, responsibility and political action in the UK daily COVID-19 briefings

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Pages 76-91 | Received 20 Jan 2022, Accepted 29 Jul 2022, Published online: 19 Aug 2022

Figures & data

Table 1. Speakers, positions within government at the time and their frequency in the dataset.

Table 2. Frequency of different we referents.

Table 3. Frequency of process types per pronoun reference.

Table 4. The most common lexical verbs used in material processes contain exclusive and inclusive 1PL as Participant.

Table 5. Transitivity analysis of As a Government, weE continue to take steps necessary to slow the spread of the virus.

Table 6. Transitivity analysis of I would like to set out the steps we are taking to defeat coronavirus.