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

Author:   Joan O'Sullivan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138556881


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   30 October 2019
Format:   Hardback
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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 and referee design and indexicality, and examines how accents and dialects (vernacular and prestige) are exploited in the ads across the decades. In addition, this book: illustrates the key principles of corpus design for sociolinguistics studies and offers a framework for future diachronic corpus studies of advertising on social media; provides a model for analysing corpus data at both inter-varietal and intra-varietal levels in terms of both accent and dialectal features and explores the efficacy of using particular corpus linguistic tools; identifies key factors which can be used by researchers as evidence for sociolinguistic change and links these factors to relevant theories and frameworks; demonstrates how corpus tools can be used to compare advertising discourse with naturally occurring discourse, with particular reference to markers of (pseudo) intimate discourse. Building on the growing body of research relating to variation and change in Irish English, this book is key reading for researchers and advanced students undertaking research within the areas of sociolinguistics and corpus linguistics.

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Author:   Joan O'Sullivan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138556881


ISBN 10:   1138556882
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   30 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Analysing sociolinguistic change through a radio ad corpus Chapter 2 Language variety as a variable: The case of Irish English Chapter 3 Language ideology and sociolinguistic change Chapter 4 Examining language ideology in analysing sociolinguistic change: Frameworks and theories Chapter 5 Designing, building and using a radio ad corpus for diachronic analysis Chapter 6 Investigating sociolinguistic change through audience and referee design: Intervarietal analysis Chapter 7 Investigating sociolinguistic change through audience and referee design: Intravarietal analysis Chapter 8 Investigating indexicality Chapter 9 Exploring pseudo-intimate discourse Chapter 10 Conclusions

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Joan O'Sullivan has carried out a comprehensive analysis of sociolinguistic change over time, based on a detailed case study of a diachronic corpus of Irish radio adverts. The careful consideration of issues relating to both corpus building and analysis offers much of value to students and researchers embarking on their own sociolinguistic projects. Paul Baker, Lancaster University, UK This study is a welcome addition to corpus linguistics, using its technology and methods to gain linguistic insights. Joan O'Sullivan has successfully demonstrated the sociolinguistic motivation of language variation and change with compelling data from the domains of media and advertising. Raymond Hickey, University of Duisburg and Essen, Germany


Joan O'Sullivan has carried out a comprehensive analysis of sociolinguistic change over time, based on a detailed case study of a diachronic corpus of Irish radio adverts. The careful consideration of issues relating to both corpus building and analysis offers much of value to students and researchers embarking on their own sociolinguistic projects. Paul Baker, Lancaster University, UK


'Joan O'Sullivan has carried out a comprehensive analysis of sociolinguistic change over time, based on a detailed case study of a diachronic corpus of Irish radio adverts. The careful consideration of issues relating to both corpus building and analysis offers much of value to students and researchers embarking on their own sociolinguistic projects.' Paul Baker, Lancaster University, UK 'This study is a welcome addition to corpus linguistics, using its technology and methods to gain linguistic insights. Joan O'Sullivan has successfully demonstrated the sociolinguistic motivation of language variation and change with compelling data from the domains of media and advertising.' Raymond Hickey, University of Duisburg and Essen, Germany


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Joan O’Sullivan is a Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.

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