Paul Baker

Using Corpora to Analyze Gender

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ISBN 13:
9781441108777
author:
Paul Baker
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
language:
English
Publication Year:
2014
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
15.6 x 1.4 x 23.6 cm
Genre:
Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Linguistics
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 5 working days
£45.77

Description

This book critically explores how corpus linguistics techniques can help analyze language and gender. It examines various topics such as changes in sexist and non-sexist language use over time, personal adverts, press representation of gay men, and the ways that boys and girls are constructed through language.

The book covers both gendered usage and representations, looking at how males and females use language differently, or not, from each other, and how they are written or spoken about. It also provides an accessible introduction to a range of techniques and measures used in corpus linguistics, including frequencies, keywords, collocations, dispersion, word sketches, downsizing, and triangulation.

By exploring these topics and techniques, this book offers readers the opportunity to explore their own hypotheses or approach the data with a "naïve" position, letting the data drive their analysis from the outset. This makes it an ideal resource for researchers and students looking to gain a deeper understanding of language and gender.

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