McEnery, Tony, 1964-

Corpus linguistics and 17th-century prostitution : computational linguistics and history / Anthony McEnery and Helen Baker. - pages cm. - Corpus and discourse ; 3 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Life as a seventeenth-century prostitute -- Popular attitudes towards prostitutes -- Looking at words -- Strumpets and whor es -- Whores, harlots, jilts and prostitutes -- Looking back, looking f orwards.

9781472506092 (hb)

2016-037991


English language -- Social aspects -- History -- England -- 17th cen tury.
English language -- History.-- 17th century
English language -- Spoken English.
English language -- Usage.
Prostitution -- History -- England -- 17th century.
Prostitution -- History -- Spoken English.-- England
Prostitution -- History -- Usage.-- England
Prostitutes in literature.
Corpora (Linguistics) -- Data processing.
Computational linguistics -- History.
Sociolinguistics

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