Keywords
jargon
lexicon
no-vax
no-vax movement
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Abstract
The present research aims to record and analyze the antivaccinationist language used during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting in particular the lexical aspects that characterize its identity, and to verify the possibility of recognizing it as a genuine and distinct jargon.
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