What''s in a Word-List? - Investigating Word Frequency and Keyword Extraction

This edited collection brings together cutting-edge research written by leading experts in the field on the construction of word-lists for the analysis of both frequency and keyword usage. Taken together, these papers provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the most exciting research being conducted in this subject.

List of contents

Contents: Does frequency really matter?, Dawn Archer; Word frequency use or misuse?, John M. Kirk; Word frequency, statistical stylistics and authorship attribution, David L. Hoover; Word frequency in context: alternative architectures for examining related words, register variation and historical change, Mark Davies; Issues for historical and regional corpora: first catch your word, Christian Kay; In search of a bad reference corpus, Mike Scott; Keywords and moral panics: Mary Whitehouse and media censorship, Tony McEnery; 'The question is, how cruel is it?' Keywords, foxhunting and the House of Commons, Paul Baker; Love - 'a familiar or a devil'? An exploration of key domains in Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies, Dawn Archer, Jonathan Culpeper and Paul Rayson; Promoting the wider use of word frequency and keyword extraction techniques, Dawn Archer; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Dawn Archer, Reader in Corpus Linguistics and Head of English Language and Linguistics, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.

Summary

This edited collection brings together cutting-edge research written by leading experts in the field on the construction of word-lists for the analysis of both frequency and keyword usage. Taken together, these papers provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the most exciting research being conducted in this subject.

Product details

• Authors: Dawn Archer
• Assisted by: Dawn Archer (Editor), Archer Dawn (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138266254
• ISBN: 978-1-138-26625-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Library, archive and information management, Library & Information Sciences, Library, Archive & Information Management, Library and information sciences / Museology