Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores discourse mainly through corpus linguistics methods. Indeed, Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies has become a widely used approach for the critical (or non-critical) analysis of discourses in recent times. The book focuses on the analysis of different kinds of discourse, but most particularly on those which attempt to unveil social attitudes and values. Although a corpus methodology is deemed crucial in all research found here, it should not be inferred that a single, uniform technique is applied, but a wide variety of them, often shaped by the software which has been used. Also, more than one (qualitative or quantitative) methodology or drawing from various relevant sources is often called for in the critical analysis of discourses.
Table of ContentsInsights from corpus-assisted discourse analysis: Unveiling social attitudes and values
Post-history, post-democracy, post-truth, post-Trump? Really? A corpus-assisted study of delegitimisation via argument strategies: ‘dirty tricks’, evaluation and hyperbole in modern political discourses
Analysing the impacts of 19th-century drought: A corpus-based study
Coverage of the far-right in the Spanish written press: The case of Vox
Evaluation in Theresa May’s political discourse: A study of the PM’s seminal Brexit speeches
‘Nobody is guilty in football.That’s the first thing to understand’: A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis of the UK press coverage of the Ched Evans case
The role of news values in the discursive construction of the female victim in media outlets: A comparative study
How does violence-motivated online discourse differ from its non-violent counterpart? Insights from a CADS approach
‘We’ll watch TV and do other stuff’: A corpus-assisted discourse study of vague language use in online child sexual grooming
The narrative of the anti-vax campaign on Twitter
Debating Saudi womanhood: A corpus-aided critical discourse analysis of the representation of Saudi women in the Twitter campaign against the ‘Male Guardianship’ system
