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