Corpus, Discourse and Mental Health
Awards:   Short-listed for BAAL Book Prize 2021 (United States)
Author:   Dr Daniel Hunt (University of Nottingham, UK) ,  Dr Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350059177


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   25 June 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Corpus, Discourse and Mental Health


Awards

  • Short-listed for BAAL Book Prize 2021 (United States)

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Author:   Dr Daniel Hunt (University of Nottingham, UK) ,  Dr Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.581kg
ISBN:  

9781350059177


ISBN 10:   135005917
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   25 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Mental health, discourse and corpus linguistics 2. Contested conditions and online support groups 3. Methods and corpus data for health research 4. Anorexia online: Pro-recovery in the ED community 5. Being ‘sick of it’: Depression, medication and self-injurious behaviour 6. Diabulimia: The discourse of a contested mental illness 7. Discussion: Mental health and identity online 8. Conclusions Bibliography Index

Reviews

This book is a fascinating new addition to the exciting field of linguistic research on mental health. It is a meticulous and thought-provoking account of how mental distress and the self-in-distress are linguistically presented (and resisted) in online communities by two recognised experts in the field. Focusing on depression, anorexia and diabulmia, Hunt and Brookes engagingly showcase the exceptional power of corpus linguistic tools to generate richly compelling, evidence-based and systematic, yet nuanced insights from the myriad of lived-experiences available online. A highly recommended read for anyone interested in mental health, the patient perspective, online communities or applied linguistics! * Zsofia Demjen, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University College London, United Kingdom *


Author Information

Daniel Hunt is Assistant Professor of Discourse Analysis in the School of English, University of Nottingham, UK. Gavin Brookes is Senior Research Associate within the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, UK.

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