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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792364403321

Autore

Murphy Bróna

Titolo

Corpus and sociolinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : investigating age and gender in female talk / / Bróna Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub. Company, c2010

ISBN

1-282-55875-7

9786612558757

90-272-8861-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Studies in corpus linguistics, , 1388-0373 ; ; v. 38

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Women - Language

Language and languages - Sex differences

Language and languages - Age differences

English language - Age differences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Age as a sociolinguistic variable -- Contextualising age-related research -- How to build and use a corpus for age-related research -- Hedging -- Vague category markers -- Amplifiers -- Boosters -- Taboo language.