Winner of the PROSE Award (2022) for Language & Linguistics For
many people, newspapers are a key source of information on many
topics, including issues related to gender and sexuality. Applying
a broad range of corpus linguistic methods, Transgender Identities
in the Press critically explores the linguistic cues and patterns
used by the print media in their representation of trans people.
Through close analysis of a corpus of articles collected from
English-language newspapers from the UK and Canada, Angela Zottola
focuses on the semantic categories of representation associated
with transgender identities. Exploring a set of key terms, this
book examines the semantic prosody and the language choices that
each term is invested with, using Critical Discourse Analysis to
investigate how the way the press represents this topic influences
readers and their understanding of the major debates. Using a
mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods, Transgender
Identities in the Press casts light on the complex picture of press
language during a period of social change and increasing awareness.
Highlighting both efforts to represent this community in an
inclusive and non-discriminatory way and areas where there is need
for improvement, this book illustrates a variety of issues from a
critical and social perspective.
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