Discourse & Communication
Representation of social actors in The Straits Times and The Independent Singapore: A comparative critical discourse analysis of the repeal of Section 377A in Singapore
Discourse &Communication, Ahead of Print. Section 377A was a decades-old law introduced in Singapore in 1938, which had made sexual intimacy between gay men, even when consensual, punishable by a maximum sentence of two years in prison. In Aug 2022…
Discourse & Communication
The operation of ideology in coronavirus vaccine Twitter influencer commentary
Discourse &Communication, Ahead of Print. The study sought to provide a greater comprehension of the contending discourses and ideologies of coronavirus vaccine acceptance and reluctance in South Africa as revealed by Twitter influencer commentarie…
Discourse & Communication
Move analysis of fraud in a mediated online transaction
Discourse &Communication, Ahead of Print. The fraud genre is executed through the use of language that can deceive victims, enabling scammers to control conversations and guide victims into complying with the scammer’s intentions. This research aim…
Discourse & Communication
Book Review: Muhammad Afzaal, A Corpus-Based Analysis of Discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative Corpora and the Belt and Road Initiative
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Book Review: Aditi Bhatia, Digital Influencers and Online Expertise The Linguistic Power of Beauty Vloggers
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Book Review: Fabrizio Gallai, Relevance Theory in Translation and Interpreting: A Cognitive-Pragmatic Approach
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English-medium instruction for sale: The multimodal discourse of self-perception on Japanese liberal arts faculty websites
Discourse &Communication, Ahead of Print. 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 in…
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‘No trash – do not touch’: Handwritten textual objects at a construction site
Discourse &Communication, Ahead of Print. 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 c…