Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

External reference: https://openalex.org/T10383

  1. Newspapers use speech acts to frame immigration differently
    Corpus analysis of speech acts in U.S. newspaper immigration coverage reveals how constatives, directives, and commissives shape public opinion differentially across liberal and conservative outlets.
  2. Neoliberal multilingualism shapes mixed-language online practices
    Examine how Chinese-English code-mixing and translingual practices on social media reflect neoliberal multilingualism, gender, race, and regional positioning while revealing tensions between.
  3. Xitsonga address forms vary by social context
    Sociolinguistic analysis of terms of address in Xitsonga literature reveals diverse address forms including kinship terms, nicknames, and teknonyms shaped by social context.