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.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 England3. Attitudes to Prostitution in the Seventeenth Century Part II: Corpus Investigation 4. Representation5. Society6. Words Part III: Synthesis 7. The Corpus Insight8. The Utility of Corpus Data in History and the HumanitiesBibliographyIndex

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 > General and comparative linguistics; 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