In:Corpus and Sociolinguistics: Investigating age and gender in female talk
Bróna Murphy
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 38] 2010
► pp. v–xii
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Published online: 16 February 2010
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.38.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.38.toc
Table of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgementsxv
Introduction. Why study adult talk?
Chapter 1. Age as a sociolinguistic variable
Chapter 2. Contextualising age-related research
Chapter 3. How to build and use a corpus for age-related research
Chapter 4. Hedging
Chapter 5. Vague category markers
Chapter 6. Amplifiers
Chapter 7. Boosters
Chapter 8. Taboo language
Chapter 9. Conclusion
References
Appendix
Index
