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Language in Times of Crisis: Coronavirus on the Pages of Croatian Magazine Jutarnji List
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Periodical (without peer review) |
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| Description | 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 negative depiction of the near future. Some of them have been used throughout the pandemic, others are arising gradually in response to the new situation (flurona, mutation names). Frequent statistics uses comparative shapes, shocking and expressive discourse. Based on this analysis, we can argue that while the crisis lasts, a specific language also lasts and adapts to it. |
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