Lexical Multidimensional Analysis: Identifying Discourses and Ideologies

Sardinha, Tony Berber; Fitzsimmons-Doolan, Shannon

ISBN 10: 1009598430 / ISBN 13: 9781009598439

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2025

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• Titolo: Lexical Multidimensional Analysis: Identifying Discourses and Ideologies
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1009598430
• ISBN 13: 9781009598439
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New

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Lexical Multidimensional Analysis (LMDA), an extension of Biber's (1988) Multidimensional Analysis, seeks to identify dimensions (correlated lexical features across texts in a corpus) unveiling underlying patterns of lexical co-occurrence and variation within texts that are operationalized as a variety of latent, macro-level discursive constructs. Initially developed in the 2010s, LMDA has been applied to diverse domains, including education policy, national representations, applied linguistics, music, the infodemic, religion, sustainability, and literary style. This Element introduces LMDA for the identification and analysis of discourses and ideologies, offering insights into how lexis marks discourse formations and ideological alignments. Two case studies demonstrate the application of LMDA: uncovering discourses on climate change within conservative social media and analyzing ideological discourses in migrant education.