Language in Times of Crisis: Coronavirus on the Pages of Croatian Magazine Jutarnji List
Language in Times of Crisis: Coronavirus on the Pages of Croatian Magazine Jutarnji List
Author(s): Dominika KubišováSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: coronavirus; Croatia; language; crisis; Jutarnji list
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with reaction of the Croatian language to the coronavirus crisis. The discourse analysis provides the basic framework for the study of the texts from online version of newspaper Jutarnji list in January 2022, two years since the outbreak of the virus in Croatia. The text follows specific tendencies of a language in crisis: emphasizing particular parts of vocabulary (medical, military terminology, statistics), creation of new words, use of metaphor or depiction of the near future.
Journal: Българска реч. Списание за езикознание и езикова култура
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 50-58
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF