A5089482965- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Authorship Attribution and Profiling
- Translation Studies and Practices
- Gender Studies in Language
- Media Influence and Health
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Medieval Literature and History
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Digital Storytelling and Education
- Topic Modeling
Lancaster University
2013-2022
University of Huddersfield
2011-2015
Birmingham City University
2013
In this article, we examine the notion of 'framing' as a function metaphor from three interrelated perspectives—cognitive, discourse-based, and practice-based—with aim providing an adaptable blueprint good practice in framing analysis. We bring together cognitive discourse-based approaches integrated multi-level framework, demonstrate its value to both theory by applying it corpus-based study violence-related metaphors for cancer. Through application show that there are merits at different...
To compare the frequencies with which patients cancer and health professionals use Violence Journey metaphors when writing online; to investigate of these by cancer, in view critiques war-related for adoption notion 'cancer journey' UK policy documents.Computer-assisted quantitative qualitative study two data sets totalling 753 302 words.A UK-based online forum (500 134 words) a website (253 168 words).56 between 2007 2012; 307 2008 2013.Patients both approximately 1.5 times per 1000 words...
This study combines quantitative semi-automated corpus methods with manual qualitative analysis to investigate the use of Violence metaphors for cancer and end life in a 1,500,000-word data from three stakeholder groups healthcare: patients, family carers healthcare professionals. general, especially military metaphors, are conventionally used talk about illness, particularly cancer. However, they have also been criticized their potentially negative implications. The innovative methodology...
In this paper we argue that the kind of individualistic ethos Brown and Levinson’s (1987) politeness model is accused — in particular its notion (non-imposition) negative face not simply a reflection British culture, but culture at specific point time. That nineteenth century. Before then, an individual self separate from society with own hidden desires was fully established. We sociocultural developments, such as secularisation, rise Protestantism, social geographical mobility,...
Automatic extraction and analysis of meaning-related information from natural language data has been an important issue in a number research areas, such as processing (NLP), text mining, corpus linguistics, science. An aspect is the semantic annotation using tagger. In practice, various tools have designed to carry out different levels annotation, topics documents, role labeling, named entities or events. Currently, majority existing identify tag partial core data, but they tend be...
This study seeks to provide new insights into the development and use of pray in Early Modern English. The is based on sociopragmatically annotated Drama Corpus , which combines drama text samples three different English corpora, comprising a total 242,561 words from time span 1500 1760. We investigate quantitative distribution forms appears during this period, influence variables social status gender. aim current consequently shed more light sociopragmatic nature forms, reach profound...
The Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language project has produced a resource allowing users to explore plays in variety (semi-automatic) ways, via web-based corpus query processor interface hosted by Lancaster University. It enables users, for example, interrogate using queries restricted dramatic genre, gender and/or social status characters, target the language not only at word level but also grammatical semantic levels (by querying part speech or...
Heart failure (HF) has a lower public profile compared with other serious health conditions, notably cancer. This discourse analysis study investigates the extent to which HF is discussed in general contemporary English, UK parliamentary debates and ways framed discussions, when two cancer dementia.
Abstract In this article I discuss the issues and challenges of compiling a corpus historical plays by range playwrights that is highly suitable for use in comparative, corpus-based research into language style Shakespeare’s plays. discussing sources digitised play-texts criteria making selection present study, argue not just any set Early Modern English constitutes basis upon which to make reliable claims about relative those his peers. point out factors outside authorial choice potentially...
Abstract This article explores challenges in the corpus linguistic analysis of Shakespeare’s language, and Early Modern English more generally, with particular focus on elaborating possible solutions benefits they bring. An account work that took place within Encyclopedia Language Project (2016–2019) is given, which discusses development project’s data resources, specifically, Enhanced Shakespearean Corpus. Topics covered include composition its subcomponents; structure XML markup; design...
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Abstract Aims Heart failure (HF) has a lower public profile compared to other serious health conditions, notably cancer. This discourse analysis study investigates the extent which HF is discussed in general contemporary English, UK parliamentary debates, and ways framed discussions, when two cancer dementia. Methods The Oxford English Corpus of 21 st century English-language texts (2 billion words) Hansard Reports debates from 1945 early 2021 were used investigate relative frequencies,...