Corpus linguistics and 17th-century prostitution : computational linguistics and history - McEnery, Tony, 1964-; Baker, Helen (Writer on linguistics) (London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: English language -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 17th cen tury; English language -- 17th century -- History; English language -- Spoken English; English language -- Usage; Prostitution -- England -- History -- 17th century; Prostitution -- England -- History -- Spoken English; Prostitution -- England -- History -- Usage; Prostitutes in literature; Corpora (Linguistics) -- Data processing; Computational linguistics -- History; Sociolinguistics