Essays about: "ecolinguistics"

Found 4 essays containing the word ecolinguistics.

1. 1. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea : A Marine Discourse

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Rasha Jazi; [2023]
   Keywords : ecolinguistics; critical discourse analysis; united nations; UNCLOS; marine discourse; oil pollution; high seas; IMO; GESAMP;

   Abstract : The marine environment’s evolving discourse on oil pollution in the High Seas since the 1958 Convention on the High Seas and the Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas is of great significance. This research aims to investigate the changes and developments in this discourse, shedding light on the importance of addressing oil pollution and its impact on the marine environment. READ MORE

3. 2. The Voice of Nature : Ecological Personification in Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin and Abdel-Fattah’s Where the Streets Had a Name: An Ecolinguistic Analysis

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Zayna Halis; [2023]
   Keywords : Conceptual Metaphor Theory; ecolinguistics; ecological personification; ecosophy; ecological identities; eco-resistance; embodied metaphors;

   Abstract : This study delves into the ways in which the displaced Palestinian characters in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin (2010) and Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Where the Streets Had a Name (2008) connect to their homeland through embodied metaphors, particularly through the personification of their native lands, which will be read with recourse to Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). By utilizing ecolinguistics as an analytical lens and applying CMT, this study illuminates how both literary works significantly underscore the urgency and cruciality of the human-nature interconnection and interdependence amid tragedy and dispossession. READ MORE

4. 3. Who Is to Blame? : An Ecolinguistic Analysis of the Portrayal of Human and Non-Human Animals in the Initial Phase of the Corona Crisis

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för språk, kultur och interaktion

   Author : Rebecca Wikström; [2021]
   Keywords : linguistics; ecolinguistics; critical discourse analysis; language; language studies; corona; Covid-19; linguistic portrayal; discourse; linguistic blame; ecocriticism; anthropocentrism; lingvistik; ekolingvistik; språk; språkvetenskap; kritisk diskursanalys; diskurs; ekokritik; corona; covid-19;

   Abstract : The corona virus has spread steadily and led to consequences on a larger scale than anyone could have imagined, and it is not at all surprising that we want to find someone to hold responsible. Who is to blame for this terrible situation that we have to live through?  By taking an ecolinguistic approach, primarily inspired by Arran Stibbe (2021), this study explores how human and non-human animals are being blamed for the corona crisis in a corpus based on 15 news articles. READ MORE

5. 4. An Emerging Climate Change or a Changing Climate Emergency? A corpus-driven discourse study on newspapers published in England

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Kajsa Fransson; [2020]
   Keywords : climate; linguistics; discourse analysis; ecolinguistics; corpus linguistics; climate emergency; climate change;

   Abstract : During 2019, it became increasingly popular for countries to declare a climate emergency – often on demand of their citizens. As such, the term ‘climate emergency’ had a significant increase in usage and got dubbed the Word of the Year 2019. READ MORE