Corpus Linguistics has revolutionised the world of language study and is an essential
component of work in Applied Linguistics. This book, now in its second edition, provides a …

The breadth and spread of corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) indicate its usefulness
for exploring language use within a social context. However, its theoretical foundations …

Writing a chapter about building audio-visual corpora is a challenge as this is an area of
considerable growth in corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, behavioural sciences …

Obesity is a pressing social issue and a persistently newsworthy topic for the media. This
book examines the linguistic representation of obesity in the British press. It combines …

Obesity is a persistently newsworthy topic for the UK press and in recent years levels of
coverage have increased. In this study, we examine the ways in which obesity has been …

This volume offers a critical examination of the construction of the Spoken British National
Corpus 2014 (Spoken BNC2014) and points the way forward toward a more informed …

This article examines the discourses that are used by the British press to represent obesity in
its coverage of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Obesity is understood to be a risk …

How do violent jihadists use language to try to persuade people to carry out violent acts?
This book analyses over two million words of texts produced by violent jihadists to identify …

In response to the heightened risk that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses to the
health and lives of people with obesity, in 2020 the UK government launched a new …

Background Written discharge communication following inpatient or outpatient clinic
discharge is essential for communicating information to the GP, but GPs' opinions on …