Investigating adolescent health communication : a corpus linguistics approach /: a corpus linguistics approach. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kevin Harvey.
• Other Names: (Sociolinguist), Harvey, Kevin
• Contents: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Study Adolescent Health Communication?; 1.1 Contemporary adolescent health issues; 1.2 The Teenage Health Freak website; 1.3 Discourse and the study of health communication; 1.4 Structure of this book: Research aims and questions; 1.5 A note on terminology: 'Email', 'adolescents', 'teenagers' and 'young people'; 1.6 Who is this book for?; Chapter 2 Adolescent Health Communication: Internet Health Provision and the Language of Email. 2.1 Adolescent health communication: The professional-patient exchange2.2 The internet, adolescents and health care; 2.3 The expressive character of email; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter 3 Putting Adolescent Health in Context; 3.1 Sexual health: Contemporary issues and concerns; 3.2 Adolescent mental health; 3.3 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Methods and Data: Introducing the Corpus Approach to Health Communication; 4.1 Introducing corpora; 4.2 Corpus linguistics and discourse analysis; 4.3 Discourse and corpus studies of health communication. 4.4 Corpus tools for discourse analysis: Wordlists, keywords, collocation and concordance4.5 Limitations of the corpus approach; 4.6 Introducing the Teenage Health Freak website; 4.7 The adolescent health email corpus (AHEC): Data collection and design; 4.8 Conclusion; Chapter 5 Surveying the Adolescent Health Email Corpus: Frequency and Keyword Information; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Frequency; 5.3 Keywords and key concerns in the AHEC; 5.4 Conclusion; Chapter 6 Communicating Delicacy: Reproductive Health Concerns; 6.1 Sex in context; 6.2 Identifying sexual health related themes from collocates. 6.3 Sex, conception and pregnancy6.4 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Questions about Sexual Transmitted Infections: HIV and AIDS; 7.1 Introduction: HIV/AIDS stigma and discourse; 7.2 Sexually transmitted infections in the AHEC; 7.3 Conclusion; Chapter 8 Communication of Psychological Distress: Suicide and Self-harm; 8.1 Approach to analysis; 8.2 Adolescent accounts of suicidal behaviour; 8.3 Accounts and descriptions of self-harm; 8.4 Conclusion; Chapter 9 Adolescent Accounts of Depression; 9.1 Introduction: Defining depression. 9.2 The corpus approach to depression-related concerns: How do adolescents formulate their distress?9.3 Mitigating expressions of distress: 'I think I have depression'; 9.4 The incommunicability of depression: 'Feel and feeling depressed'; 9.5 Conclusion; Chapter 10 Conclusions; 10.1 What does corpus analysis tell us about adolescent health? Insights for practitioners; 10.2 Potential limitations of the corpus approach; 10.3 Electronic health communication: Some implications for care; 10.4 Health communication and corpora: Some final words; References; Author Index; Subject Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 242 pages)
• Subjects: 618.92/855; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics; Communication in pediatrics; Corpora (Linguistics); Interpersonal communication; Teenagers -- Health and hygiene; Gesundheit; Jugend; Kommunikation; Korpus; Computational linguistics; Teenagers -- Health and hygiene; Communication in pediatrics; Corpora (Linguistics); Interpersonal communication; Adolescent Health Services; Health Communication; Adolescent; Electronic Mail; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441136886; 1441136886; 1441146717; 9781441146717
• Related ISBNs: 9781441130709; 1441130705; 9781441146717
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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