Research Group for Multidimensional Corpus-based Studies in English (MUSTE)
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An introduction to CHET, the Corpus of History English Texts
(John Benjamins, 2019)[Abstract] The chapter presents the different methodological issues and the theoretical decisions made when facing the compilation of a corpus of texts dealing with History for the late Modern English period. The first ... -
‘A matter both of curioſity and uſefulneſs’: Compiling the Corpus of English Texts on Language
(Asociación Española de Lingüística de Corpus, 2019)[Abstract] This paper describes the compilation of CETeL, the subcorpus on ‘Language and Linguistics’ in the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing, and discusses the various challenges encountered during the process ... -
The might of ‘might’: A mitigating strategy in eighteenth and nineteenth century female scientific discourse
(Universidad de La Laguna, 2016)[Abstract] Apart from the practical function of efficiently exchanging knowledge, scientific writing is also used to convey persuasion by using a number of pragmatic strategies that help authors gain acceptance for their ... -
How intimate was the tone of female History writing in the Modern period? Evidence from the Corpus of History English Texts
(John Benjamins, 2019)[Abstract] This paper is concerned with female authors and the attitude to their topics, as conveyed through their writing. Late Modern as well as twentieth- and twenty-first century scholarly writing has been said to ... -
Linguistic indicators of persuasion in female authors in the Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts
(John Benjamins, 2021)[Abstract] In this work it is my aim to offer a description of the way in which women used linguistic devices denoting persuasion in samples that represent late Modern scientific writing, on the one hand, that is to say, ...