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The organisation, delivery and evaluation of healthcare services produces an incalculably huge volume of data for discourse analysts. Indeed, much of the business of healthcare consists of spoken communication in the form of general practice consultations, hospital wards rounds, and therapeutic dialogues, as well as written traces of these interactions. Outside of conventional healthcare contexts, health and science communication mediated through traditional and digital media has long produced voluminous amounts of data. This has been particularly apparent over the past two years, when the public sphere has been saturated by health communication about the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, access to large amounts of health and science communication has never been easier, in turn offering numerous analytical opportunities and challenges for discourse scholars.

Corpus linguistic techniques have been heralded as a means for communication scholars to grapple with such extensive datasets. By analysing large, machine-readable collections of texts (corpora) using specialist software, corpus linguistic methods can enable researchers to systematically interrogate otherwise unmanageable amounts of data.

Papers presented during the workshop will employ corpus linguistic techniques to analyse an array of health and science communication. They will also consider the methodological challenges of using corpora to study health and/or science communication discourse.

Registration

This event will be run in person and online. We encourage in-person attendance where possible, which will include lunch, refreshments in breaks and the chance for informal networking. There is a small registration fee, which is primarily used to cover catering and other workshop costs.

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BAAL membership is not compulsary for this event but discounts are provided for BAAL members. You can sign up here: Join BAAL – BAAL

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