Essays about: "ekolingvistik"

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  1. 1. 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