Discourse & Society
To change or not to change: Transformations of ecological metaphors in Chinese government microblogs
Discourse &Society, Ahead of Print. In the wake of global environmental change, China’s focus on ecological civilization has intensified. Political leaders’ ecological thoughts are predominantly manifested through language, such as ecological metap…
Discourse & Society
The ‘pathologically state dependent’ versus ‘middle-aged ministers on mammoth salaries’: The legitimation contest over a 2013 austerity measure in the Republic of Ireland
Discourse &Society, Ahead of Print. This paper provides a discourse analysis of the political and media debate surrounding a 2013 austerity measure that targeted unemployed young people in the Republic of Ireland. Applying Van Leeuwen’s ‘justificat…
Discourse & Society
Appified surveillance: TripAdvisor as a site for entextualized surveillant assemblage
Discourse &Society, Ahead of Print. Locative media in the context of travel apps alter the representations of space. However, locative media technologies, more specifically travel apps, do not neutrally mediate travelscapes. Rather, they produce a …
Discourse & Society
Decoding intentions in evaluations: A discursive study of disputants’ discourses in Chinese family mediation
Discourse &Society, Ahead of Print. Applying discourse analysis, this paper scrutinizes disputants’ discourses in Chinese family mediation, with an aim to reveal how evaluations are employed to manifest their intentions. By adopting a mixed method …
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Living with contradictions: A corpus-assisted analysis of grown-up left-behind children discourses in Zhihu
Discourse &Society, Ahead of Print. As the early generation of left-behind children (LBC) in China transition into adulthood and integrate into society, there is a pressing need to understand their experiences beyond the limited scope of existing r…
Discourse & Society
Resistant discourse strategies in social media in China’s epidemic prevention context
Discourse &Society, Ahead of Print. On the night of November 24, in 2022, a fire broke out in a residential building in Xinjiang Urumqi, causing 10 deaths and 9 injuries. Confronted with netizens’ queries about excessive epidemic prevention, local …
Discourse & Society
Resistant discourse strategies in social media in China’s epidemic prevention context
Discourse &Society, Ahead of Print. On the night of November 24, in 2022, a fire broke out in a residential building in Xinjiang Urumqi, causing 10 deaths and 9 injuries. Confronted with netizens’ queries about excessive epidemic prevention, local …