Chapter Figurative discourse and the pandemic : a focus on the JOURNEY metaphor

Among the linguistic outcomes of the pandemic are the discourse strategies applied by speakers belonging to different sociolinguistic groups in different communicative contexts. In particular, the study highlights the widespread use in Italian of a densely figurative language, aimed at representing...

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Autors principals: di Pace, Lucia, Pannain, Rossella
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Idioma:italià
Publicat: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2025
Accés en línia:ONIX_20250307_9788382208801_1558
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