Corpus Linguistics and the Analysis of Sociolinguistic Change: Language Variety and Ideology in Advertising

by Joan O'Sullivan

Corpus Linguistics and the Analysis of Sociolinguistic Change demonstrates how particular styles and varieties of language are chosen and represented in the media, to reveal changing language ideologies and sociolinguistic change. Drawing on a corpus of ads broadcast on an Irish radio station between 1977 and 2017, this book shows how corpus linguistic tools can be creatively employed, in conjunction with frameworks and concepts such as audience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032337826
• ISBN13: 9781032337821
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"