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Representations of Poverty and Place

Using Geographical Text Analysis to Understand Discourse

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Authors:
  1. Laura L Paterson

    1. Languages and Applied Linguistics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

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  2. Ian N Gregory

    1. History, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK

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  • Investigates whether discourses of poverty are geographically located and whether these locations actually refer to the most statistically-deprived areas
  • Introduces a new methodological approach, Geographical Text Analysis, that combines techniques from corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, Geographical Information Science, and the spatial humanities
  • Demonstrates that critical discourse analysis can be expanded beyond qualitative analysis and can benefit from an awareness of geography
  • Taking poverty as a case study, it challenges the notion that Geographical Information Science is restricted to quantitative data

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Defining and Measuring Poverty

    • Laura L Paterson, Ian N Gregory
    Pages 1-18

  3. Corpus Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Poverty

    • Laura L Paterson, Ian N Gregory
    Pages 19-39

  4. Geographical Information Systems and Textual Sources

    • Laura L Paterson, Ian N Gregory
    Pages 41-60

  5. Conducting GTA Using Poverty as a Search Term

    • Laura L Paterson, Ian N Gregory
    Pages 61-93

  6. How to Use GTA in Discourse Analysis

    • Laura L Paterson, Ian N Gregory
    Pages 95-122

  7. Locating (Un)Employment in the National Press

    • Laura L Paterson, Ian N Gregory
    Pages 123-158

  8. Characterising Poverty in Place: Benefits Receipt in Britain

    • Laura L Paterson, Ian N Gregory
    Pages 159-192

  9. Geography-Based Discourses of Poverty

    • Laura L Paterson, Ian N Gregory
    Pages 193-226

  10. Conclusions

    • Laura L Paterson, Ian N Gregory
    Pages 227-244

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 245-260
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About this book

This book explores a novel methodological approach which combines analytical techniques from linguistics and geography to bring fresh insights to the study of poverty. Using Geographical Text Analysis, it maps the discursive construction of poverty in the UK and compares the results to what administrative data reveal. The analysis draws together qualitative and quantitative techniques from corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, Geographical Information Science, and the spatial humanities. By identifying the place-names that occur within close proximity to search terms associated with to poverty it shows how different newspapers use place to foreground different aspects of poverty (including employment, housing, money, and benefits), and how the London-centric nature of newspaper reporting dominates the discursive construction of UK poverty. This book demonstrates how interdisciplinary research methods can illuminate complex social issues and will appeal to researchers in a number of disciplines from sociology, geography and the spatial humanities, economics, linguistics, health, and public policy, in addition to policymakers and practitioners.

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“This book stands out because of its interdisciplinary nature and serves as a useful guide for a wide range of students and researchers.” (Jialei Li, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, September 20, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Languages and Applied Linguistics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

    Laura L Paterson

  • History, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK

    Ian N Gregory

About the authors

Laura L Paterson is a Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at The Open University, UK.


Ian N Gregory is Professor of Digital Humanities at Lancaster University, UK.









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