Languages for Specific Purposes Meet Pop Culture

Editors

Audrey Louckx | University of Mons

Charlène Meyers | University of Mons

Tiffany Jandrain | Université catholique de Louvain | University of Mons

[Journal of Language and Pop Culture, 2:2] Expected December 2026. ca. 150 pp.

Publishing status: In production

Table of Contents

This is a provisional table of contents, and subject to changes.

Where languages for specific purposes meet pop culture: An open-ended conversation about the popularization of science Audrey Louckx, Charlène Meyers and Tiffany Jandrain	127–139
Pop goes the bubble: How financial speculation is popularized Pier-Pascale Boulanger	140–165
Visual metaphors, cartoons and science communication: The role of French dessins de presse Micaela Rossi	166–194
Art and pop culture in the digital sphere: Exploring French Instagram art dissemination Camilla Nappi	195–217
The use of LSP in digital cosmetics advertising: A corpus-based critical discourse study Raffaele Pizzo	218–246
Review of Xia (2023): Popularizing science in the digital era: A multimodal genre perspective on TED Talk videos Audrey Louckx	247–252
Review of McConnel (2025): Building literacy through pop culture in the ELA classroom: Strategies for English in high school and college Eponine Moreau	253–256
The role of pathetic fallacy in video games and storytelling Kimberley Pager-McClymont	257–287

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