Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
Paul Baker, Lancaster University
Gavin Brookes, Lancaster University
Luke Collins, Lancaster University
Tony McEnery, Lancaster University
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USDCommunication is central to the experience of illness and the provision of healthcare. This book showcases the insights that can be gained into health communication by means of corpus linguistics – the computer-aided linguistic analysis of large datasets of naturally occurring language use known as 'corpora'. The book takes readers through the stages that they must go through to carry out corpus linguistic research on health communication, from formulating research questions to disseminating findings to interested stakeholders. It helps readers anticipate and deal with different kinds of challenges they may encounter, and shows the variety of applications of the methods discussed, from interactions in Accident and Emergency departments, to online discussions of mental illness, and press representations of obesity. Providing the reader with a wide range of clear case studies, it makes the relevant methods and findings accessible, engaging and inspiring. This title is also available open access on Cambridge Core.
- Demonstrates how to conduct corpus-based studies of health communication, using case studies
- Covers a wide variety of questions, types of data and corpus tools
- Documents the whole research process, from formulating questions to interacting with stakeholders, including difficulties and problems
- This title is also available open access on Cambridge Core
Product details
August 2025Paperback
9781009477673
280 pages
229 × 152 mm
Not yet published - available from August 2025
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Research questions
- 3. Collecting data
- 4. Ethics
- 5. Interaction
- 6. Language use and identity
- 7. Change over time
- 8. Historical data
- 9. Representing the experience of illness
- 10. Representing social actors
- 11. Positions legitimated
- 12. Dissemination
- 13. Conclusions.
