Elena Semino (Lancaster University), Paul Baker (Lancaster University), Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University)

Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on case studies, this is a guide to conducting corpus-based studies on health communication, from interactions in clinical settings to media representations of illness. It is essential reading for both students and researchers in linguistics and health communication. This title is also available open access on Cambridge Core.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9781009477673
• ISBN-10: 1009477676
• Artikelnr.: 74195944

Autorenporträt

Elena Semino is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, and Director of the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science. She is a Fellow of the UK's Academy of Social Sciences and has held Visiting Professorships at universities in China and Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Research questions
3. Collecting data
4. Ethics
5. Interaction
6. Language use and identity
7. Change over time
8. Historical data
9. Representing the experience of illness
10. Representing social actors
11. Positions legitimated
12. Dissemination
13. Conclusions.