Corpus-Assisted Ecolinguistics

Corpus-Assisted Ecolinguistics introduces and integrates key research concepts, principles and techniques in ecolinguistics and corpus-assisted discourse study, answering foundational questions for researchers new to the discipline and asserting the urgent need to expand its scope. Breaking new ground, the book analyzes under-explored environmental discourses that have a tangible impact on ecological wellbeing and sustainability by perpetuating harmful attitudes, practices and ideologies. Chapters present in-depth case studies, including an analysis of the evolving representations of wilderness , an eco-stylistic analysis of a popular novel , and an investigation of the use of humor in reports on animal escapes from slaughterhouses. The studies employ a range of corpus analysis techniques to show how ecological degradation and crisis have become normalized, and even trivialized, in popular discourse but also spaces where positive discourse practices are present. By applying tools from corpus linguistics to a diverse range of environmental discourses, this book makes a significant contribution to advancing the field of ecolinguistics.>

Product details

• Authors: Robert Poole
• Assisted by: Mariana Roccia (Editor), Arran Stibbe (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781350320420
• ISBN: 978-1-350-32042-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics; Bloomsbury Advances in Ecoling
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Computational Linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Computational and corpus linguistics