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Table 24.5 ‘What is your role in the movement?’
EL SALVADOR HONDURAS
WORD TF PF Z WORD TF PF Z
women 198 86 19 women 260 106 16
working 39 24 10 organization 99 49 12
communities 30 17 7 federation 30 19 7
work 187 57 6 land 41 23 7
struggle 72 28 6 men 21 14 6
project 51 20 5 instruction 10 9 6
(to) instruct 10 8 5 struggle 72 30 6
(we) work 17 11 5 teachers 18 13 6
capable 10 8 5 labour union 35 19 6
students 26 12 4 succeeded 24 14 5
university 13 8 4 peace 12 9 5
instruction 13 8 4 our 99 36 5
important 28 12 4 groups 26 15 5
popular 17 9 4 support 37 18 5
our 38 15 4 process 37 18 5
groups 18 10 4 comrades 44 20 5
we (fem.) 12 8 4 structure 16 10 4
(I) can 18 9 4 woman 51 20 4
(I) feel 16 7 3 rights 74 26 4
aid 31 11 3 answer 27 14 4
organization 40 15 3 working 29 14 4
necessary 18 8 3 departments 17 10 4
our (pl.) 60 18 3 projects 34 16 4
organizations 85 25 3 peasant (adj.) 11 8 4
area 44 16 3 they/them (fem.) 62 20 3
support 25 10 3 department 10 6 3
labour union (adj.) 25 11 3 (we) try 11 6 3
social 125 33 3 we 460 110 3
new (pl.) 13 7 3 Visitación Padilla 10 6 3
we (fem.) 42 17 3
struggles 10 6 3
succeed 32 14 3
actions 30 12 3
communities 34 13 3
agricultural 14 7 3
(to) solve 18 9 3
basis 16 8 3
national 75 26 3
(we) struggle 12 7 3
struggling 11 6 3
TF: Total Frequency – number of times a given word appears in the activists’ discourse as a whole;
PF: Partial Frequency – number of times a given word is used by activists to respond to a specific question;
Z: Level of significance of the difference between the expected partial frequency and the observed partial frequency

are associated with a shift in social represen- in observing how the individuals involved in
tations. Goals, means, and strategies cer- social mobilization perceive and give mean-
tainly changed during the 1990s, but today’s ing to their own actions. We consider that
activists seem different from those in other recurrent vocabulary choices are due to
time periods at a conceptual level also. Our underlying reasons, and that those reasons
approach does not aim at confirming this are to a great extent socially determined. We
shift or measuring its scope. We are interested conducted a computer-assisted discourse