Using Corpora to Analyze Gender

by Paul Baker

Corpus linguistics uses specialist software to identify linguistic patterns in large computerised collections of text - patterns which then must be interpreted and explained by human researchers.
This book critically explores how corpus linguistics techniques can help analysis of language and gender by conducting a number of case studies on topics which include: directives in spoken conversations, changes in sexist and non-sexist language use...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441108777
• ISBN13: 9781441108777
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"