Bibliograph

Corpus linguistics and 17th-century prostitution, computational linguistics and history, Anthony McEnery and Helen Baker

Type

Label

Corpus linguistics and 17th-century prostitution, computational linguistics and history, Anthony McEnery and Helen Baker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Corpus linguistics and 17th-century prostitution

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

961456194

Responsibility statement

Anthony McEnery and Helen Baker

Series statement

Open Access e-BooksResearch in corpus and discourse, 3

Sub title

computational linguistics and history

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."--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Life as a seventeenth-century prostitute -- Popular attitudes towards prostitutes -- Looking at words -- Strumpets and whores -- Whores, harlots, jilts and prostitutes -- Looking back, looking forwards

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