Applying corpus linguistics to illness and healthcare /
Semino, Elena, 1964-
Applying corpus linguistics to illness and healthcare / Elena Semino, Paul Baker, Gavin Brookes, Luke Collins, Tony McEnery. - 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2025).
Research questions -- Collecting data -- Ethics -- Interaction -- Language use and identity -- Change over time -- Historical data -- Representing the experience of illness -- Representing social actors -- Positions legitimized -- Dissemination.
Open Access.
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 'corpora'. The book takes readers through the stages that they must go through to carry out corpus linguistic research on health communication, from formulating research questions to disseminating findings to interested stakeholders. It helps readers anticipate and deal with different kinds of challenges they may encounter, and shows the variety of applications of the methods discussed, from interactions in Accident and Emergency departments, to online discussions of mental illness, and press representations of obesity. Providing the reader with a wide range of clear case studies, it makes the relevant methods and findings accessible, engaging and inspiring. This title is also available open access on Cambridge Core.
9781009477680 (ebook)
Communication in medicine--Data processing.
Medicine--Language--Data processing
Corpora (Linguistics)
R118 / .S468 2025
610.14
Applying corpus linguistics to illness and healthcare / Elena Semino, Paul Baker, Gavin Brookes, Luke Collins, Tony McEnery. - 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2025).
Research questions -- Collecting data -- Ethics -- Interaction -- Language use and identity -- Change over time -- Historical data -- Representing the experience of illness -- Representing social actors -- Positions legitimized -- Dissemination.
Open Access.
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 'corpora'. The book takes readers through the stages that they must go through to carry out corpus linguistic research on health communication, from formulating research questions to disseminating findings to interested stakeholders. It helps readers anticipate and deal with different kinds of challenges they may encounter, and shows the variety of applications of the methods discussed, from interactions in Accident and Emergency departments, to online discussions of mental illness, and press representations of obesity. Providing the reader with a wide range of clear case studies, it makes the relevant methods and findings accessible, engaging and inspiring. This title is also available open access on Cambridge Core.
9781009477680 (ebook)
Communication in medicine--Data processing.
Medicine--Language--Data processing
Corpora (Linguistics)
R118 / .S468 2025
610.14