Corpus Linguistics and 17th-Century Prostitution - Computational Linguistics and History

Zusatztext This fascinating book provides a welcome guide to the use of big data (EEBO) for interdisciplinary study. It applies corpus linguistic methods for historical pragmatic and sociolinguistic research questions on attitudes and culture. It successfully combines the quantitative approach with qualitative contextual assessment! something that until recently seemed almost impossible. Informationen zum Autor Professor Tony McEnery is a corpus linguist working at the University of Lancaster, UK Helen Baker is Senior Research Associate specialising in the use of digitised corpora in history at the University of Lancaster, UK. Klappentext This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Corpus linguistics has much to offer history, being as both disciplines engage so heavily in analysis of large amounts of textual material.This book demonstrates the opportunities for exploring corpus linguistics as a method in historiography and the humanities and social sciences more generally. Focussing on the topic of prostitution in 17th-century England, it shows how corpus methods can assist in social research, and can be used to deepen our understanding and comprehension.McEnery and Baker draw principally on two sources - the newsbook Mercurius Fumigosis and the Early English Books Online Corpus. This scholarship on prostitution and the sex trade offers insight into the social position of women in history.A searching look at 17th-century prostitution showcasing corpus linguistic methodology for the social sciences and humanities. Zusammenfassung A searching look at 17th-century prostitution showcasing corpus linguistic methodology for the social sciences and humanities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Corpus Linguistics and History Part I: Historical Context 2. Prostitution in England 3. Attitudes to Prostitution in the Seventeenth Century Part II: Corpus Investigation 4. Representation 5. Society 6. Words Part III: Synthesis 7. The Corpus Insight 8. The Utility of Corpus Data in History and the Humanities Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Helen Baker, Anthony McEnery, Mcenery Anthony
• Assisted by: Michaela Mahlberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2016
• EAN: 9781472506092
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-0609-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Corpus and Discourse; Corpus and Discourse
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; England, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Computational Linguistics, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, Ethical issues and debates, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, Computational and corpus linguistics