Pub Date : 2024-07-25DOI: 10.1177/17504813241265573
Carol Hoi Yee Lo
{"title":"Book review: Lubie Grujicic-Alatriste, Language Research in Multilingual Settings: Doing Research Knowledge Dissemination at the Sites of Practice","authors":"Carol Hoi Yee Lo","doi":"10.1177/17504813241265573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813241265573","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46726,"journal":{"name":"Discourse & Communication","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141772242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1177/17504813241251560
Azizul Rahman, Olga Tiara
{"title":"Book Review: Aditi Bhatia, Digital Influencers and Online Expertise The Linguistic Power of Beauty Vloggers","authors":"Azizul Rahman, Olga Tiara","doi":"10.1177/17504813241251560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813241251560","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46726,"journal":{"name":"Discourse & Communication","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140926810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1177/17504813241251561
Dongning Liu, Jixian Pang
{"title":"Book Review: Omega Douglas and Angela Phillips, Journalism, Culture and Society: A Critical Theoretical Approach to Global Journalistic Practice","authors":"Dongning Liu, Jixian Pang","doi":"10.1177/17504813241251561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813241251561","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46726,"journal":{"name":"Discourse & Communication","volume":"148 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140926570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1177/17504813241251549
Xuechang Hou
{"title":"Book Review: Fabrizio Gallai, Relevance Theory in Translation and Interpreting: A Cognitive-Pragmatic Approach","authors":"Xuechang Hou","doi":"10.1177/17504813241251549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813241251549","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46726,"journal":{"name":"Discourse & Communication","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140926872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-08DOI: 10.1177/17504813241240394
Nathalie Schümchen, Niina Lilja
Drawing on social semiotics and geosemiotics, this paper analyses multimodal texts written on different surfaces at a construction site. The analysis is based on longitudinal ethnographic work and a large collection of photos of handwritten texts that involve verbal language and other semiotic elements such as drawings or symbols. The analysis focuses on the multimodal design of the texts, their spatio-temporal contexts, and their temporal trajectories connected to the progression of the construction work. The analysis contributes to the existing research on language practices in manual work by providing new understanding of multimodal texts that are integral parts of construction workers’ day-to-day language use. The analysis also speaks to the importance of longitudinal and visually-based research designs in analyzing the language practices of manual and physical work contexts.
{"title":"‘No trash – do not touch’: Handwritten textual objects at a construction site","authors":"Nathalie Schümchen, Niina Lilja","doi":"10.1177/17504813241240394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813241240394","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on social semiotics and geosemiotics, this paper analyses multimodal texts written on different surfaces at a construction site. The analysis is based on longitudinal ethnographic work and a large collection of photos of handwritten texts that involve verbal language and other semiotic elements such as drawings or symbols. The analysis focuses on the multimodal design of the texts, their spatio-temporal contexts, and their temporal trajectories connected to the progression of the construction work. The analysis contributes to the existing research on language practices in manual work by providing new understanding of multimodal texts that are integral parts of construction workers’ day-to-day language use. The analysis also speaks to the importance of longitudinal and visually-based research designs in analyzing the language practices of manual and physical work contexts.","PeriodicalId":46726,"journal":{"name":"Discourse & Communication","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140926928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-08DOI: 10.1177/17504813241247522
Mark Birtles
This study both contributes to and updates the growing body of literature into the framing of English-medium instruction on institutional websites. A three-dimensional discourse analysis model is used to investigate the self-perception of three well-established liberal arts faculties in Japan. The analysis reveals distinct features in the self-perception of these universities and teases out the ingrained ideological standpoints. Firstly, the neoliberal ideological hegemony found in other university studies exists, but Japanese universities frame it differently: the explicit focus is on profit for society rather than individual gain. Secondly, there is consensus among the institutions regarding the production of ‘globalised’ individuals, but the universities are less than definitive on what the key competencies entail, or how they are applied and measured. Finally, the study underscores the explicit alignment of institutional goals with national policy objectives, reflecting the values advocated by the Japanese education ministry. As the government’s Top Global University Project approaches its conclusion, this research provides valuable insights for Japanese universities to reassess the aims and objectives of their English-language programs. By offering a nuanced understanding of institutional discourse, this study furthermore contributes to the broader literature on EMI practices and policies, guiding future developments in Japanese higher education.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1177/17504813241246059
Mª Milagros del Saz-Rubio
The present study explores the discursive (de)legitimation strategies enacted by three Spanish politicians, viz., Pablo Iglesias, Pedro Sánchez, and Santiago Abascal, within the context of a no-confidence motion speech against the governing parties in the Spanish Congress in 2017 (Popular Party), 2018 (Popular Party), and 2020 (Partido Socialista Obrero Español). Using the output of a keyword search, a qualitative analysis of the concordances where these words are used is conducted to unveil the appeals most frequently employed to justify the need to file the motion and provide reasons to evict the incumbent party. Findings point to interindividual differences regarding the appeals used. Iglesias heavily relies on altruism to present his group’s project as an alternative and on implicit authorization via referencing sources that support his claims to gain the audience’s credibility. Sánchez legitimizes his actions by rationalizing his reasons for filing the motion and conveying – via implicit authorization – that the motion is triggered by the need to uphold constitutional principles. Abascal, on his part, relies on the negative association of the out-group with lexis of a moralizing nature that challenges their credibility and reputation via direct appeals to Sánchez and Iglesias while appealing to emotions and the rationalization of the motion in terms of freedom.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-03DOI: 10.1177/17504813241248270
Orawee Bunnag, Krisda Chaemsaithong, Kyung-Eun Park
This study explores the incorporation of experts’ and authorities’ voices in COVID-19 news articles with respect to their distribution and discursive functions. Based on a corpus 90 articles from 2020 to 2022 in The Korea Herald, the analysis reveals that reporters rely heavily and, at times, uncritically, on biomedical voices, representing them as a homogeneous group that provides a superior form of knowledge. The discursive functions range from providing substance to the coverage, to adding negative emotional coloring, to disowning, and to deauthorizing, which appear to vary according to the dynamics of the pandemic. These intertextual practices do not simply transmit biomedical knowledge to the reader but also mediate public perceptions of the virus by defining what counts as (il)legitimate knowledge and framing it as an alarming threat and an (in)security issue. In effect, multidimensional perspectives are precluded that may also be helpful for a complex issue like the pandemic.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-20DOI: 10.1177/17504813241241958
Elisabetta Adami, Emilia Djonov, Zhe Liu
In May 2020, in the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, we set up the transmedia space PanMeMic, and involved our social networks, in a snowball fashion, to exchange observations and reflections on the changes in communication and social interactions ensuing from the restrictions imposed. We adopted a citizen approach towards co-constructing knowledge about semiotic practices, by integrating tenets of social semiotics, ethnography and citizen sociolinguistics. The article reports on the activities and discusses the potentials and limitations of the approach through analysis of the posts and discussions that took place in the PanMeMic Facebook group. It shows results quantitatively and then zooms in to offer a qualitative analysis of one discussion thread, with the aim of illustrating the potential and limitations of PanMeMic as a platform for citizen semiotic research and providing indications for future socially engaged and engaging research.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-17DOI: 10.1177/17504813241244609
Joshua F Hoops
The movement for reparations for those enslaved on the North American continent from 1450 to 1866 has a long history fraught with debate, criticized by individuals on both the right and left sides of the political spectrum. Specific points of contention include how much money should be allocated, who the recipients and potential liable parties should be, and what specific form reparations should take. Accounting for this historical opposition, this paper employs a corpus-based discourse analysis to examine the communicative barriers to implementing reparations. The corpora consisted of YouTube comments posted to news reports of six cities’ reparations proposals. I utilized Sketch Engine to examine frequency of keywords, collocations, and concordance, followed by a close-reading discourse analysis of lexical, grammatical, and tonal elements. The analysis revealed myriad constructions of reparations resulting in inertia, the institutional tendency to preserve the status quo. This discursive formation is consequential not only for its implications for reparations, but for broader structural reform efforts.
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