Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication provides an accessible and practical introduction to the use of corpus linguistic methods to analyse health-related language use across various contexts and genres. Offering a critical review of the field, discussion of extended case studies, and practical exercises based on spoken, written and digital language data, this book: ● introduces the fields of health communication and corpus linguistics, and critically reviews cutting-edge studies in the burgeoning area of corpus-based health communication; ● describes the processes involved in planning a corpus linguistic study of health communication, including designing and building a corpus, selecting tools, and implementing techniques of analysis; ● demonstrates how corpus linguistic methods can - and have - been applied to the study of spoken, written and digital health communication, offering critical reflections and suggesting areas for future development. Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication is essential reading for those working at the interface of corpus linguistics and health communication. Both those with a little or a lot of experience in either field will find value in its pages.

Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication provides an accessible and practical introduction to the use of corpus linguistic methods to analyse health-related language use across various contexts and genres. Offering a critical review of the field, discussion of extended case studies, and practical exercises based on spoken, written and digital language data, this book: ● introduces the fields of health communication and corpus linguistics, and critically reviews cutting-edge studies in the burgeoning area of corpus-based health communication; ● describes the processes involved in planning a corpus linguistic study of health communication, including designing and building a corpus, selecting tools, and implementing techniques of analysis; ● demonstrates how corpus linguistic methods can - and have - been applied to the study of spoken, written and digital health communication, offering critical reflections and suggesting areas for future development. Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication is essential reading for those working at the interface of corpus linguistics and health communication. Both those with a little or a lot of experience in either field will find value in its pages.

The first book to present original research into language aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic for a student audience but with a built-in shelf life as it also functions as an introduction to quantitative and qualitative methods of discourse analysis. Great interest in linguistics for systematic analysis of relatable global events but also significant demand for guides to research methods. Unlike existing titles, the authors cover a wide range of methods, draw on a wide range of data and also include a practical focus on how the research findings can be translated into practice.

The first book to present original research into language aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic for a student audience but with a built-in shelf life as it also functions as an introduction to quantitative and qualitative methods of discourse analysis. Great interest in linguistics for systematic analysis of relatable global events but also significant demand for guides to research methods. Unlike existing titles, the authors cover a wide range of methods, draw on a wide range of data and also include a practical focus on how the research findings can be translated into practice.