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1. 1. Aviation Discourses in News : The influence of the political climate on climate politics

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Jonathan Rahn; [2022]
   Keywords : Climate Change Communication; Critical Discourse Studies; Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis; Diachronic Corpus Studies; Media Studies;

   Abstract : Climate change must be considered one of the most critical issues of the coming decades that poten- tially poses foundational threats to human societies. Aviation has relatively little impact on green- house gas emissions globally, but this picture changes when focusing on emissions of rich industrial states. READ MORE

3. 2. The Use of Syntax and Lexicon Structures in Political Discourse : A Case Study of Boris Johnson’s Speeches on COVID-19

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Pantelia Emmanouil; [2022]
   Keywords : Boris Johnson; Covid-19; Lexicon Structures; Political Discourse Analysis; Syntax Structures;

   Abstract : In their book, Fairclough and Fairclough (2013) claim that political leaders’ main role is to make choices in difficult situations. Due to the coronavirus outbreak worldwide, every political leader was called to make difficult decisions and to announce them to their respective public. READ MORE

4. 3. A Comparative Analysis of the Coronavirus Discourse by Exploring the Themes and Dominant Conceptual Metaphors in American Newspapers in 2020 and 2022

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

   Author : Layal Alkhatib; [2022]
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   Abstract : This research compares the coronavirus discourse in the American newspapers between March and May 2020, when the case fatality rate was at its highest in the United States, and between January and March 2022, when it was at its lowest, by exploring the themes and dominant conceptual metaphors used to describe the coronavirus from the discursive expressions. The research also analyzes how they are framing the coronavirus to shape discourses in society using framing theory. READ MORE

5. 4. HOW HAS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AFFECTED OUR USE OF LANGUAGE? A corpus-based study of neologisms and semantic shifts in English and Chinese web texts

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Huan Luo; [2021-12-06]
   Keywords : English; Coronavirus; COVID-19; language; corpus; neologism; Chinese; web texts;

   Abstract : This study examined how COVID-19 has affected the use of language, especially English and Chinese neologisms, semantic shifts, and their relationship with Hofstede cultural dimension theory. A corpus-based study was conducted. READ MORE

6. 5. LIFE IN ISOLATION - A Corpus-Based Study of the Use of the Word Element Iso during the Covid-19 Pandemic

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Tove Nilsson; [2021-10-04]
   Keywords : English; blending; clipping; compounding; coronavirus corpus; Covid-19; English word-formation; neologisms; semantics; vocabulary;

   Abstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate frequencies and semantic usages of the word element iso in a corpus of newspapers and magazines related to COVID-19, the so called the Coronavirus Corpus. The coronavirus pandemic has led to many new words and expressions and it is thus of interest to examine how often such neologisms are used, as well as what they might communicate semantically. READ MORE