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108 produkter
Fabulosa!
The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language
Av Paul Baker
Häftad, 2020
170 kr
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A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2019‘Richly evocative and entertaining.’ – Guardian‘A delightful read.’ – Tatler‘An essential book for anyone who wants to Polari Bona!’ – AttitudePolari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. It …
Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis
Av Paul Baker, Ken Hyland
Häftad, 2023
439 kr
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How can you carry out discourse analysis using corpus linguistics? What research questions should I ask? Which methods should you use and when? What is a collocational network or a key cluster?Introducing the major techniques, methods and tools for corpus-assisted analysis of discourse, this book …
Hello Sailor!
The hidden history of gay life at sea
Av Paul Baker, Jo Stanley
Inbunden, 2016
2585 kr
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When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's oceans. Never before has the story been told of …
Triangulating Methodological Approaches in Corpus Linguistic Research
Häftad, 2018
787 kr
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Contemporary corpus linguists use a wide variety of methods to study discourse patterns. This volume provides a systematic comparison of various methodological approaches in corpus linguistics through a series of parallel empirical studies that use a single corpus dataset to answer the same …
Using Corpus Methods to Triangulate Linguistic Analysis
Häftad, 2021
757 kr
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This book builds on Baker and Egbert’s previous work on triangulating methodological approaches in corpus linguistics and takes triangulation one step further to highlight its broader applicability when implemented with other linguistic research methods. The volume showcases research methods from …
Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men
Av Paul Baker
Inbunden, 2002
2510 kr
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Polari is a secret form of language mainly used by homosexual men in London and other cities during the twentieth century. Derived in part from the slang lexicons of numerous stigmatised and itinerant groups, Polari was also a means of socialising, acting out camp performances and reconstructing a …
Public Discourses of Gay Men
Av Paul Baker
Inbunden, 2005
2510 kr
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Queer linguistics has only recently developed as an area of study; however academic interest in this field is rapidly increasing. Despite its growing appeal, many books on ‘gay language’ focus on private conversation and small communities. As such, Public Discourses of Gay Men represents an …
Public Discourses of Gay Men
Av Paul Baker
Häftad, 2013
851 kr
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Queer linguistics has only recently developed as an area of study; however academic interest in this field is rapidly increasing. Despite its growing appeal, many books on ‘gay language’ focus on private conversation and small communities. As such, Public Discourses of Gay Men represents an …
Language of Patient Feedback
A Corpus Linguistic Study of Online Health Communication
Av Craig Evans, Gavin Brookes m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
838 kr
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The Language of Patient Feedback provides a unique insight into a diverse range of issues related to healthcare. Through the comprehensive and detailed interrogation of 29 million words of online patient feedback on the NHS in England, as well as 11 million words of responses to the feedback from …
Language of Patient Feedback
A Corpus Linguistic Study of Online Health Communication
Av Craig Evans, Gavin Brookes m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
856 kr
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The Language of Patient Feedback provides a unique insight into a diverse range of issues related to healthcare. Through the comprehensive and detailed interrogation of 29 million words of online patient feedback on the NHS in England, as well as 11 million words of responses to the feedback from …
Hello Sailor!
The hidden history of gay life at sea
Av Paul Baker, Jo Stanley
Häftad, 2003
652 kr
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When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's oceans. Never before has the story been told of …
Curbing Campaign Cash
Henry Ford, Truman Newberry and the Politics of Progressive Reform
Av Paul Baker
Inbunden, 2012
528 kr
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In the 1918 Michigan race for the U.S. Senate, auto tycoon Henry Ford faced off against a less well-known industrialist, Truman Newberry. Bent on countering Ford’s fame and endorsement from President Wilson, Newberry’s campaign spent an extravagant amount, in fact much more than the law seemed to …
Glossary of Corpus Linguistics
Av Paul Baker, Andrew Hardie m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
246 kr
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This alphabetic guide provides definitions and discussion of key terms used in corpus linguistics. Corpus data is being used in a growing number of English and Linguistics departments which have no record of past research with corpus data. This is the first comprehensive glossary of the many …
Sociolinguistics and Corpus Linguistics
Av Paul Baker
Häftad, 2010
385 kr
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This textbook introduces students to the ways in which techniques from corpus linguistics can be used to aid sociolinguistic research. Corpus linguistics shares with variationist sociolinguistics a quantitative approach to the study of variation or differences between populations. It may also …
Contemporary Corpus Linguistics
Av Paul Baker
E-bok, 2009
626 kr
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Corpus linguistics uses large electronic databases of language to examine hypotheses about language use. These can be tested scientifically with computerised analytical tools, without the researcher's preconceptions influencing their conclusions. For this reason, corpus linguistics is a popular and …
Fantabulosa
A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang
Av Paul Baker
Häftad, 2004
558 kr
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Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the twentieth century. But more than a language, Polari is an attitude. From the prisons and music halls of Edwardian England to Kenneth Williams, American Gls in London and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Polari has been used to …
Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis
Av Paul Baker, Ken Hyland
Inbunden, 2006
2188 kr
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This book examines approaches to carrying out discourse analysis (DA) using techniques that are grounded in corpus linguistics. Assuming no prior knowledge of corpora, the book examines and evaluates a variety of corpus-based methodologies including: collocations, keyness, concordances, dispersion …
Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis
Av Paul Baker, Ken Hyland
Häftad, 2006
647 kr
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This book examines approaches to carrying out discourse analysis (DA) using techniques that are grounded in corpus linguistics. Assuming no prior knowledge of corpora, the book examines and evaluates a variety of corpus-based methodologies including: collocations, keyness, concordances, dispersion …
Contemporary Corpus Linguistics
Av Paul Baker
Inbunden, 2009
2915 kr
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This title acts as a one-volume resource, providing an introduction to every aspect of corpus linguistics as it is being used at the moment. Corpus linguistics uses large electronic databases of language to examine hypotheses about language use. These can be tested scientifically with computerised …
Analysing Language, Sex and Age in a Corpus of Patient Feedback
A Comparison of Approaches
Häftad, 2022
317 kr
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This Element explores approaches to locating and examining social identity in corpora with and without the aid of demographic metadata. This is a key concern in corpus-aided studies of language and identity, and this Element sets out to explore the main challenges and affordances associated with …
Analysing Language, Sex and Age in a Corpus of Patient Feedback
A Comparison of Approaches
E-bok, 2022
293 kr
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This Element explores approaches to locating and examining social identity in corpora with and without the aid of demographic metadata. This is a key concern in corpus-aided studies of language and identity, and this Element sets out to explore the main challenges and affordances associated with …
Analysing Language, Sex and Age in a Corpus of Patient Feedback
A Comparison of Approaches
E-bok, 2022
296 kr
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This Element explores approaches to locating and examining social identity in corpora with and without the aid of demographic metadata. This is a key concern in corpus-aided studies of language and identity, and this Element sets out to explore the main challenges and affordances associated with …
Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies
Av Mathew Gillings, Gerlinde Mautner m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
317 kr
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The breadth and spread of corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) indicate its usefulness for exploring language use within a social context. However, its theoretical foundations, limitations, and epistemological implications must be considered so that we can adjust our research designs …
Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies
Av Paul Baker, Gerlinde Mautner m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
303 kr
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Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies
Av Paul Baker, Gerlinde Mautner m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
303 kr
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Language, Discourse and Anxiety
Inbunden, 2023
1471 kr
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Why is language so important to the ways that we make sense of anxiety? This book uses corpus assisted discourse analysis to examine twenty-three million words of text posted to a forum for people with anxiety. It shows how linguistic techniques like catastrophisation and anthropomorphisation can …
Language, Discourse and Anxiety
Häftad, 2023
547 kr
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Why is language so important to the ways that we make sense of anxiety? This book uses corpus assisted discourse analysis to examine twenty-three million words of text posted to a forum for people with anxiety. It shows how linguistic techniques like catastrophisation and anthropomorphisation can …
Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
Av Elena Semino, Paul Baker m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
485 kr
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Communication is central to the experience of illness and the provision of healthcare. This book showcases the insights that can be gained into health communication by means of corpus linguistics - the computer-aided linguistic analysis of large datasets of naturally occurring language use known as …
