Corpus linguistics and 17th-century prostitution : : computational linguistics and history / / Anthony McEnery and Helen Baker.
"Corpus linguistics has much to offer history, being as both disciplines engage so heavily in analysis of large amounts of textual material. This book demonstrates the opportunities for exploring corpus linguistics as a method in historiography and the humanities and social sciences more genera...
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| Superior document: | Research in corpus and discourse ; 3 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London ;, New York : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2017. |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Corpus and discourse. Research in corpus and discourse ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages). |
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| Summary: | "Corpus linguistics has much to offer history, being as both disciplines engage so heavily in analysis of large amounts of textual material. This book demonstrates the opportunities for exploring corpus linguistics as a method in historiography and the humanities and social sciences more generally. Focussing on the topic of prostitution in 17th-century England, it shows how corpus methods can assist in social research, and can be used to deepen our understanding and comprehension. McEnery and Baker draw principally on two sources - the newsbook Mercurius Fumigosis and the Early English Books Online Corpus. This scholarship on prostitution and the sex trade offers insight into the social position of women in history."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1474295061 1472512839 1472514246 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Anthony McEnery and Helen Baker. |