Chapter Semantic changes in virus and pandemic from corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics
The coronavirus has promoted the semantic change in the words virus and pandemic. We believe that, increasingly, a metaphorical use of both words is occurring (as happened in the past with cancer). Therefore, in this study, the semantic characteristics of this change are systematized and detailed in...
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| description | The coronavirus has promoted the semantic change in the words virus and pandemic. We believe that, increasingly, a metaphorical use of both words is occurring (as happened in the past with cancer). Therefore, in this study, the semantic characteristics of this change are systematized and detailed in the first place. Subsequently, we have designed a corpus with 480 sentences, balanced sociolinguistically to analyze the change quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitatively, it will be reviewed if the change is present in all social groups and if any group promotes it. Qualitatively, it will be found that the metaphorical use of virus, pandemic and cancer is complementary: each of these words is used in very specific semantic collocations. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1558992025-03-07T14:43:56Z Chapter Semantic changes in virus and pandemic from corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics Brosa Rodríguez, Antoni The coronavirus has promoted the semantic change in the words virus and pandemic. We believe that, increasingly, a metaphorical use of both words is occurring (as happened in the past with cancer). Therefore, in this study, the semantic characteristics of this change are systematized and detailed in the first place. Subsequently, we have designed a corpus with 480 sentences, balanced sociolinguistically to analyze the change quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitatively, it will be reviewed if the change is present in all social groups and if any group promotes it. Qualitatively, it will be found that the metaphorical use of virus, pandemic and cancer is complementary: each of these words is used in very specific semantic collocations. 2025-03-07T14:43:55Z 2025-03-07T14:43:55Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788382208801_1549 9788382208801 9788382208795 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/155899 spa image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/700 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8220-879-5.06 The coronavirus has promoted the semantic change in the words virus and pandemic. We believe that, increasingly, a metaphorical use of both words is occurring (as happened in the past with cancer). Therefore, in this study, the semantic characteristics of this change are systematized and detailed in the first place. Subsequently, we have designed a corpus with 480 sentences, balanced sociolinguistically to analyze the change quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitatively, it will be reviewed if the change is present in all social groups and if any group promotes it. Qualitatively, it will be found that the metaphorical use of virus, pandemic and cancer is complementary: each of these words is used in very specific semantic collocations. 10.18778/8220-879-5.06 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788382208801 9788382208795 69-80 open access |
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