Discourse relations—both explicit, as marked by connectives and cue phrases, and implicit through juxtaposed text segments—are integral to the coherent interpretation and processing of language. These ...

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Quoting violence in Social Media. A metapragmatic approach. Hate speech on social media: hate words and denigratory speech in the Italian political discourse during the Covid-19 pandemic ...

Derek Gladwin receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Canada First Research Excellence Fund in Canada. Kedrick James receives funding from the Social Sciences and ...

This is an interdisciplinary course, which blends linguistics, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and political thought for the purpose of exploring the concept of 'language' and its role in the ...

Dr Stefan Manz, University of Aston, will speak on “Colonialism and Diaspora in Imperial Germany”. Dr Angus Nicholls, Queen Mary, University of London, will speak on Friedrich Max Müller. Professor ...

Death Valley, Calif., shattered the record in July 2023 for the hottest temperature on earth. Meanwhile, July 2023 is now the hottest month in recorded history and scientists have noted heat waves are ...

In On Populist Reason, Laclau defines populism as the performative act of constructing “the people” by articulating disparate demands into a common identity through discourse, symbols, and antagonism.