Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies

Gillings, Mathew; Mautner, Gerlinde; Baker, Paul

doi:10.1017/9781009168144

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“…As such, a corpus will inevitably include linguistic variation and we must assume that such variation is meaningful (i.e., it has communicative functions in the community). While the field of corpus linguistics has evolved rapidly since 2004, Sinclair's principle nonetheless remains pertinent and is alluded to in a recent introduction to CADS, where Gillings, Mautner and Baker (2023) claim that all CADS projects 'have a social question at their centre rather than a purely linguistic one' (p. 1). Irrespective of the particular social question, naturally-occurring language use in society is increasingly recognized as containing meaningful diversity.…”

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“…In other words, because English is the unmarked language, the significance of using English -rather than another language -can be overlooked. In their recent overview of CADS research, Gillings, Mautner and Baker (2023) explain that a focus on English language data 'should by no means be taken as the only possible and worthwhile perspective' (p. 2). Certainly, there is only so much work that can be done if researchers have limited proficiency in other languages; nevertheless, a critical and valuable first step would be to recentre intersectional experiences (Candelas de la Ossa, 2019, p. 246) and 'ask the other question' (Matsuda, 1991, cited in Levon, 2015.…”

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From cross-linguistic to intersectional corpus-assisted discourse studies

Vessey

2024

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Ten years ago, I highlighted challenges arising from the application of CADS to multilingual datasets in an approach called “cross-linguistic corpus-assisted discourse studies” (Vessey, 2013). In the intervening years, the notions of superdiversity and translanguaging have been largely transformative in the fields of applied and sociolinguistics; research applying these notions has raised important questions about boundaries between languages and the nature of diversity in contemporary social contexts (e.g., Blommaert and Rampton, 2011). Drawing and building on these theoretical advances, in this paper I propose to resituate cross-linguistic CADS within a broader intersectional CADS framework (Candelas de la Ossa, 2019; Jaworska and Hunt, 2017; Hunt and Jaworska, 2019; Kitis, Milani and Levon, 2018; Subtirelu, 2015). Specifically, I underscore the methodological contributions that CADS research can make to the study of intersectionality (Nash, 2008) and I suggest how intersectional theories can support and enrich CADS researchers’ arguments about “non-obvious” meaning (Partington, 2017).

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From cross-linguistic to intersectional corpus-assisted discourse studies

Vessey

2024

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“…The terms CADS and a related discourse area, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), are not uncomplicated and have sometimes been conflated. Gillings et al (2023) state that 'What all CADS projects have in common is that they have a social question at their centre rather than a purely linguistic one. That question may involve an issue such as inequality, poverty, racism, or other social ills' (p. 1).…”

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“…Given that these distinctive fields of discourse studies and genre analysis are triangulated with corpus linguistics, it is not surprising that they make use of the same methodological toolkit. For example, the main corpus linguistic tools for CADS described in Gillings et al (2023), i.e., frequency, concordance analysis, collocation analysis, and keyword analysis, are also those that feature in CBGA. In this paper, corpus linguistics is viewed as a methodology (but see McEnery & Hardie, 2012, for a discussion on corpus-as-theory versus corpus-as-method).…”

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Corpus-based ESP Genre Analysis and Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies (CADS): Exploring Connections

Flowerdew

2024

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Corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) and corpus-based ESP (English for specific purposes) genre analysis may seem worlds apart. While the two approaches use similar corpus analysis tools, the topics investigated are quite different. The focus of CADS tends to be on political and media discourses and press briefings, and more recently on environmental concerns such as climate change. In contrast, the notion of genre is generally concerned with academic and professional written genres. On the surface, they would appear to have different ontologies and epistemologies. This paper aims to show, with reference to key work in CADS and pedagogic applications of corpus-based ESP genre analysis, that they do, in fact, share commonalities. These are illustrated using three main linguistic insights gleaned from corpus investigations in CADS work: co-selection/co-occurrence, lexical priming and evaluative cohesion. Future work in both areas is discussed with some comments on how AI/ChatGPT may be a help or hindrance to CADS and corpus-based genre investigations.

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“…a word and can also "convey messages implicitly" (Hunston, 2002). This approach can thus be viewed as one way of analyzing discourse through corpus assisted methodology (Gillings et al, 2023).…”

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British and Irish newspapers implicitly support single-use masks over reusable face coverings

Augé,

Tenbrink,

Spear

et al. 2023

Front. Commun.

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IntroductionThe environmental impact of waste caused by single-use masks or face coverings is an under-considered effect associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The combination of the protective purpose of face masks and their potential environmental impacts through littering or waste management means the wearing of face masks is simultaneously associated with the health crisis and creation of a new environmental challenge, combining two strands of journalism.MethodsOur study demonstrates how the discourse in British and Irish newspapers in the March 2020-December 2021 time frame relates to this problem. By a combination of quantitative and qualitative discourse analysis, we identify concepts commonly associated with the terms “face-covering” and “mask,” particularly concerning whether they refer to a disposable or reusable item.ResultsResults suggest that the newspaper discourse generally favored references to single-use surgical masks. Newspapers reported on the environmental impact of face masks only in very limited ways.DiscussionWe propose that the increase in waste caused by face masks can be related to prevailing representations of single-use surgical masks and limited attention paid to environmental concerns.

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Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies

Cited by 28 publications

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From cross-linguistic to intersectional corpus-assisted discourse studies

From cross-linguistic to intersectional corpus-assisted discourse studies

Corpus-based ESP Genre Analysis and Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies (CADS): Exploring Connections

British and Irish newspapers implicitly support single-use masks over reusable face coverings

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