{"product_id":"9781472506092","title":"Corpus Linguistics and 17th-Century Prostitution Computational Linguistics and History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCorpus and Discourse\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCorpus Linguistics and 17th-Century Prostitution\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eComputational Linguistics and History\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAnthony McEnery | Michaela Mahlberg | Helen Baker | Gavin Brookes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Study \u0026amp; Teaching\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorpus linguistics has much to offer history, being as both disciplines engage so heavily in analysis of large amounts of textual material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis open access book demonstrates the opportunities for exploring corpus linguistics as a method in historiography and the humanities and social sciences more generally. Focussing on the topic of prostitution in 17th-century England, it shows how corpus methods can assist in social research, and can be used to deepen our understanding and comprehension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcEnery and Baker draw principally on two sources – the newsbook Mercurius Fumigosis and the Early English Books Online Corpus. This scholarship on prostitution and the sex trade offers insight into the social position of women in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnowledge Unlatched.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Anthony McEnery\u003c\/b\u003e is a corpus linguist working at the University of Lancaster, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Baker \u003c\/b\u003eis Part-time Newby Research Fellow, County South, Lancaster University, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 December 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472506092\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331502375052,"sku":"9781472506092","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_2febe0c6-427e-4214-95e2-6ed07c2bb6ce.jpg?v=1783597057","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472506092","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}