The Language of Mental Illness: Corpus Linguistics and the Construction of Mental Illness in the Press

Author:   Hazel Price (University of Salford)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9781108845915


Pages:   350
Publication Date:   26 May 2022
Format:   Hardback
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The Language of Mental Illness: Corpus Linguistics and the Construction of Mental Illness in the Press


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Mental health is a matter of vital importance in today's society, with the news media reporting on the topic on an almost daily basis. Despite this, the language associated with mental health has to date been relatively under-explored. Using methods from corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis, this pioneering book is the first large-scale linguistic investigation of UK news reports on mental illness. Based on a purpose-built corpus of 45 million words of UK press reports on mental illness, it offers a range of analyses exploring language development across time, in addition to focusing on the differences between press representations of specific mental illnesses. The book provides linguistic insights into public perceptions of mental illness, as well as stigma creation and perpetuation in the media. It also includes original and significant methodological innovations, making it a vital resource for researchers for in corpus linguistics, health communication, and the health humanities.

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Author:   Hazel Price (University of Salford)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781108845915


ISBN 10:   1108845916
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   26 May 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. The language of mental illness; 3. Analytical methods; 4. Corpus linguistics; 5. Analytical methods; 6. Critical discourse analysis; 7. Corpus construction; 8. The shifting meaning of mental health and mental illness; 9. Named, labelled and referred to: people with mental illnesses in the MI 1984-2014 corpus; 10. 'Suffering' illnesses and 'experiencing' symptoms: ways of talking about having mental illness; 11. Do newspaper reports accurately represent the symptoms of mental illness?; 12. Concluson.

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Hazel Price is an Academic Fellow in English Language at the University of Salford, UK. In 2019, she won the PALA Prize for best article published in Language and Literature by a newcomer to the field. Recent publications include the co-edited Applying Linguistics (Routledge 2018) and the co-authored Babel Lexicon of Language (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

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