The UK 'at risk' : a corpus approach to historical social change 1785-2009 / Jens O. Zinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zinn, Jens, author.

Series:

Critical studies in risk and uncertainty

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Times Newspapers Limited.

Risk--Sociological aspects.

Risk.

Newspapers--Language.

Newspapers.

Discourse analysis.

Risk--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Risk--Social aspects.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiii, 278 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Summary:

This book presents a case study of the proliferation of at risk-language in The Times news coverage from 1785 to 2009, illuminating the changing social experience of risk. Zinn presents an historical examination of the forces which have shaped the language of risk over time, and considers how linguistic developments in recent decades are underpinned by issues such as cultural and structural transformations, the management of infectious and chronic diseases and climate change. He also explores changes in the public sphere, including the production of the news. Based on an interdisciplinary research project which combines linguistic research tools with sociological analysis of the social contexts, the book contributes to a better understanding of how 'at risk' has become a defining feature of the UK in recent decades, and one which permeates all kinds of social domains. This research will be a point of reference for students and scholars engaging with risk studies from various disciplines including sociology, media studies, history and socio-linguistics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783030202378

3030202372

OCLC:

1111334734