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Pushed to the hedge: Hedging devices in Romanian online media discourse on migration and refugees

Silvia Florea
E-mail: silvia.florea@ulbsibiu.ro
University of Sibiu
Abstract: The current paper analyses the type and frequencies of hedging devices used in Romanian online media discourse on refugees and asylum seekers, drawing on the media content that was published between S...

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Organizacija pripovjednoga diskursa: anafora i kohezija u dječjem pripovijedanju

Ivana Trtanj
E-mail: itrtanj@foozos.hr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4700-8443
Abstract: U ovom se radu opisuje razvoj dječje pripovjedne sposobnosti i to kroz analizu uporabu anafore u funkciji stvaranja kohezivnoga diskursa. Istraživačka su pitanja usredotočena na to jesu li zamjenice i...

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Semantics of the verb shall in legal discourse

Olga A. Krapivkina
E-mail: koa1504@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9738-8122
Irkutsk National Research Technical University
Abstract: The article deals with the modal verb shall in English legal discourse. The analysis of theoretical and factual data shows that shall performs a number of semantic functions in legal texts that violat...

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Down to the bone: A corpus-based critical discourse analysis of pro-eating disorder blogs

Morana Lukač
E-mail: mlukac@unizd.hr
Sveučilište u Zadru
Abstract: The pro-eating-disorder community is almost exclusively an online community of individuals who claim that eating disorders are not an illness, but rather a lifestyle choice. This study offers an insig...

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Hypothesis and deduction in the studies of the discourse of advertising

Piotr Cap
E-mail: strus_pl@yahoo.com
University of Łódź
Abstract: The paper is an attempt to show that a discourse type can in itself be an analytic determinant, i.e. that it can effectively dictate methods of investigating it. This claim is illustrated by a study o...

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Evaluating knighthood through the discourse functions of negation in Le Morte DArthur by Malory

Tatiana Komova
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5378-2729
Lomonosov Moscow State University

Anastasia Sharapkova
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5378-2729
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Abstract: The paper explores medieval knighthood as a complicated matrix of various cultural, historical, and ethical concepts. We hypothesize that we can access the way people conceptualized the chivalric idea...

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Reformulation markers in academic discourse: A cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary study

Jolanta Šinkūnienė
E-mail: jolanta.sinkuniene@flf.vu.lt
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6803-8617
Vilnius University
Abstract: Using quantitative and qualitative approaches alongside contrastive analysis, this paper investigates distribution frequency and functions of reformulation markers employed in academic discourse in tw...