Using corpora to analyze gender. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Baker.
• Other Names: Baker, Paul, 1972-
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction2. Exploring gendered directives in a spoken corpus.3. Corpus-driven research: going beyond "do women say "lovely" more than men?" 4. Examining changes in (non-) sexist language over time: where are all the spokeswomen? Frequency-based analysis5. Identifying discourses in corpora: why there was nothing natural about the Daily Mail's representation of gay men6. Gender representation via word sketches: boys grin, girls giggle7. Combining approaches - the case of personal adverts8. ConclusionBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 415.5; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender; Language and languages -- Sex differences; Language and sex -- Research -- Methodology; Corpora (Linguistics); LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472527073; 1472527070
• Related ISBNs: 9781441108777
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