Abstract: The present paper bridges considerations characteristic of the domains of linguistic pragmatics, discourse analysis, as well as of cognitive linguistics and social psychology. It is claimed that, in s...

Abstract: The paper examines the use of creative figurative language in American political discourse. In particular, the paper focuses on the use of the expression to play the race card and the creative figurat...

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...

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...

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...

Abstract: This paper explores the figurative language that was used in Croatian media discourse to describe measures and strategies for combating the coronavirus pandemic. Based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theor...

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...