The discourse on the Covid19 pandemic in the Italian press

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ER.532441
Keywords: Cognitive Linguistics, conceptual metaphor, discourse, pandemic, covid19

Abstract

For over two years the lives of many people have changed significantly, the way they spend time, work and communicate has undergone major changes. The pandemic situation has also greatly influenced the way we perceive the world, our behavior, choices and priorities. In many languages, including Italian, new words and phrases concerning the context of the coronavirus pandemic have appeared more and more frequent. The purpose of this work is to analyze the way in which reality influences language, particularly the metaphoricity of the covid19-pandemic and its reflection in language. The corpus of analysis will consist of journalistic articles and texts published mostly on the Internet, in portals and online magazines, which report current news on Italy and the world.

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Author Biography

Aleksandra Paliczuk, University of Silesia in Katowice

La dott.ssa Aleksandra Paliczuk è dottore di ricerca in lettere (2007) nel campo della linguistica; italianista, impiegata come ricercatrice e docente presso l’Istituto di Linguistica dell’Università della Slesia a Katowice, con cui è associata dal 2002. Ha partecipato a numerosi convegni internazionali e nazionali. Attualmente, nell’ambito della Filologia Romanza presso la Facoltà degli Studi Umanistici (UŚ), tiene diverse lezioni relative alla linguistica e alla didattica dell’italiano. I suoi interessi di ricerca vertono su: linguistica cognitiva, sociolinguistica, insegnamento delle lingue straniere e linguistica contrastiva. Analizza principalmente la lingua italiana, ma anche testi in inglese e polacco nell’ottica cognitiva.

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Published
24-04-2023
How to Cite
Paliczuk, A. (2023). The discourse on the Covid19 pandemic in the Italian press. Estudios Románicos, 32. https://doi.org/10.6018/ER.532441