Corpus Linguistics for Oral History
Chris Fitzgerald author Ivor Timmis author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:14th Nov '24
£36.99
This title is due to be published on 14th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Corpus Linguistics for Oral History takes a step-by-step approach to presenting how corpus linguistics tools and techniques can be applied to oral history archives. Bridging the gap between the two areas, this book:
· establishes a framework to pursue this type of research and guides the reader through tasks that will ensure practical application;
· shows how oral narratives can facilitate historical linguistics, including historical sociolinguistics and historical pragmatics;
· illustrates how the techniques of corpus linguistics can help social historians to analyse oral narratives in new and fruitful ways;
· takes readers through each step of the process, from initial close readings of data to constructing a corpus that adheres to parameters of representativeness, through to the application of various corpus linguistics techniques;
· includes an appendix of resources and examples of extracts from a global range of historical texts throughout, introducing the reader to a range of freely accessible, digitized archives.
This book is key reading for students and researchers working in History and Corpus Linguistics. History students will find a new perspective on approaching primary historical sources, while linguistics students will find insights into an avenue of data worthy of multiple levels of linguistic analysis.
ISBN: 9781032378725
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132 pages