Corpus Linguistics And 17th-century Prostitution: Computational Linguistics And History (corpus And Discourse)
by Anthony McEnery /
2016 / English / PDF
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Corpus linguistics has much to offer history, being as both
disciplines engage so heavily in analysis of large amounts of
textual material.
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.
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.
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.
