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Author Price, Hazel (Linguist), author.

Title The language of mental illness : corpus linguistics and the construction of mental illness in the press / Hazel Price, University of Salford
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource
Series The Cambridge applied linguistics series
Cambridge applied linguistics series.
Summary Mental health is a matter of vital importance in today's society, with the news media reporting on the topic on an almost daily basis. Despite this, the language associated with mental health has to date been relatively under-explored. Using methods from corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis, this pioneering book is the first large-scale linguistic investigation of UK news reports on mental illness. Based on a purpose-built corpus of 45 million words of UK press reports on mental illness, it offers a range of analyses exploring language development across time, in addition to focusing on the differences between press representations of specific mental illnesses. The book provides linguistic insights into public perceptions of mental illness, as well as stigma creation and perpetuation in the media. It also includes original and significant methodological innovations, making it a vital resource for researchers for in corpus linguistics, health communication, and the health humanities
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 15, 2022)
Subject Mental illness -- Press coverage -- Great Britain
Journalism -- Great Britain -- Language
Corpora (Linguistics)
Discourse analysis.
Corpora (Linguistics)
Discourse analysis
Journalism -- Language
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
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