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This Element explores approaches to locating and examining social identity in corpora with and without the aid of demographic metadata. This is a key concern in corpus-aided studies of language and identity and this Element sets out to explore the main challenges and affordances associated with each approach and to discern what they can (and cannot) show. It describes two case studies, which each compare two approaches to social identity varia...

By the bestselling author of Fabulosa! and Outrageous!, this reappraisal of camp across time and in all its glorious forms shows how this inescapable part of popular culture has also played an important role in equality movements as a form of protest or resistance.The following things have seemed impossibly camp to me at one point or another: a doll whose body acts as a cover for a toilet roll, a peacock chair, a wig being pulled off and flush...

How does identity survive the passage of time? How can we be sure that our church community in the present is a faithful representation of the originating community in the past? This book explores how Pentecostalism--the world's fastest-growing expression of Christianity, since its inception at the beginning of the twentieth century--can identify as the same community that birthed the church in the first century. A community that spans two mil...

How does identity survive the passage of time? How can we be sure that our church community in the present is a faithful representation of the originating community in the past? This book explores how Pentecostalism--the world's fastest-growing expression of Christianity, since its inception at the beginning of the twentieth century--can identify as the same community that birthed the church in the first century. A community that spans two mil...

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Teaches parents of children of all ages who are hurt, angry, rejecting, and distant (HARD) how to effectively and empathically communicate through a variety of effective and empathic strategies. Children who are hurt, angry, rejecting, and distant (HARD) can be challenging to parent. They can be rude, uncooperative, and disagreeable. They are hard to relate to or connect with, and they can appear to be hardened to the love and guidance of thei...

How can you carry out discourse analysis using corpus linguistics? What research questions should I ask? Which methods should you use and when? What is a collocational network or a key cluster? Introducing the major techniques, methods and tools for corpus-assisted analysis of discourse, this book answers these questions and more, showing readers how to best use corpora in their analyses of discourse. Using carefully tailored case studies, ...

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How can you carry out discourse analysis using corpus linguistics? What research questions should I ask? Which methods should you use and when? What is a collocational network or a key cluster? Introducing the major techniques, methods and tools for corpus-assisted analysis of discourse, this book answers these questions and more, showing readers how to best use corpora in their analyses of discourse. Using carefully tailored case studies, ...

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Paul Baker's personal history of the infamous anti-gay âEUR¿Section 28âEUR(TM) law.

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This book is the first to provide a linguistic analysis of health communication through corpus linguistics. Offering a unique insight into a diverse range of issues related to health care, this book is key reading for anyone undertaking research within corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and health communciation.

This volume presents new research in Artificial Intelligence and Law with special reference to criminal justice.It will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers working in the areas of AI, Technology and Criminal Justice.

18-year-old Emmy Wells simply can't remember what happened before her aunt died. The hole in her memory led to a suicide attempt and now she is trying to pick up the pieces of her life, attending art school in the mornings and working in the afternoons.But her therapist has an idea that might help. Since Emmy's aunt died of breast cancer, Dr. Jenner encourages her to embark on a new activity: the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day, a 60 mile walk from S...

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Paul Baker has experienced many ups and downs in his life, but it's how he dealt with these moments and learned from them that really sets his story apart. ¿ He is accustomed to failure, having learned how to turn negative¿experiences into positive outcomes, and he continues to remain focused on his ambitions by continually setting himself new goals.¿Covering themes such as ambition, determination, and the importance of mindset and exercise wh...

Now in paperback, a personal and impassioned history of the infamous Section 28, the 1988 UK law banning the teaching "of the acceptability of homosexuality." On May 23, 1988, Paul Baker sat down with his family to eat cake on his sixteenth birthday while The Six O'Clock News played in the background. But something was not quite right. There was muffled shouting--"Stop Section 28!"--and a scuffle. The papers would announce: "Beeb Man Sits on L...