Obesity in the news : language and representation in the press /

Obesity is a pressing social issue and a persistently newsworthy topic for the media. This book examines the linguistic representation of obesity in the British press. It combines techniques from corpus linguistics with critical discourse studies to analyze a large corpus of newspaper articles (36 m...

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Main Authors:	Brookes, Gavin (Linguist) (Author), Baker, Paul, 1972- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:	Obesity > Press coverage > Great Britain. Overweight persons > Press coverage > Great Britain. Obesity > Public opinion. Overweight persons > Public opinion. Public opinion > Great Britain. Overweight persons > Great Britain > Social conditions > 21st century. Discrimination against overweight persons > Great Britain. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.

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Call Number:		PN5124.O217 B76 2021

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