Kurstin Gatt
List of John Benjamins publications in which Kurstin Gatt is involved.
Articles
2027 Chapter 5. Metaphors of corruption in Maltese: A corpus-based analysis of terms and phrases Thinking Politically: Cognitive linguistic insights into political discourse, Vogiatzis, Anastasios (ed.), pp. 87–111 | Chapter
This paper examines the conceptual metaphors related to corruption in Maltese political discourse. It employs Conceptual Metaphor Theory to uncover the cross-domain mappings and entailments that structure societal perceptions of corruption. The corpus-based analysis identifies twelve conceptual… read more
2025 What’s in a name? Names as ideological transmitters of the Salafi‑Jihadi worldview Journal of Language and Politics: Online-First Articles | Article
This article investigates the role of naming practices in Salafi-Jihadism, emphasising their symbolic importance in conveying ideological goals and beliefs. Employing a qualitative approach, the research analyses naming conventions across different Salafi-Jihadi groups, demonstrating how these… read more