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"This volume explores the concepts of reference and identity in public discourses. Its contributions study discourse-specific reference and labelling patterns, both from a historical and present-day perspective, and discuss their impact on self- and other-representation in the construction of identity. They combine multiple methodological approaches, including corpus-based quantitative as well as qualitative approaches, and apply them to a range of text types that are or were (intended to be) public, such as letters, newspapers, parliamentary debates, and online communication in the form of reader comments, discussion pages and tweets. In addition to English, the languages studied include Polish as well as European and Latin American Spanish. The volume is aimed at researchers from different research paradigms in linguistics and related disciplines, such as media communication or the social and cultural sciences, who are interested in the interplay of reference and identity"--

Reference (Linguistics) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Applied linguistics --- Pragmatics --- Applied linguistics. --- Englisch. --- Identity (Psychology). --- Identität. --- Reference (Linguistics). --- Referenz --- Textanalyse. --- Comparative linguistics --- Sociolinguistics --- Personal identity --- Personality --- Self --- Ego (Psychology) --- Individuality --- Signification (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Onomasiology --- Semantics

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The present paper is a corpus-based study which examines social roles as constructed in British nineteenth-century children's literature. Both gender roles overall as well as the more specific roles of mother and father are investigated. The main approach is to systematically study adjectival descriptions of characters both quantitatively and qualitatively in order to find recurring patterns of description that function as part of defining a social role. The method of classification is primarily through semantic domains. The study shows that the female social role is defined as involving few mental qualities, whereas a pleasant appearance is important. In contrast, social status and positive mental characteristics are important defining factors for the male social role.

English language --- Pragmatics --- Historical linguistics --- Sociolinguistics --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Social aspects --- Usage --- England --- Languages --- Germanic languages --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales