Andrew S. Ross
List of John Benjamins publications for which Andrew S. Ross plays a role.
2023 “We were cocked & loaded to retaliate”: An appraisal -based study of dichotomies in Trump’s tweets about Iran Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 11:1, pp. 1–24 | Article
The diplomatic relationship between the USA and Iran has long been fraught and is characterised by various conflicts and the implementation of economic sanctions. It can be argued that the relationship became even more hostile after Donald Trump was elected president of the US. Trump’s… read more
2022 “We shall not flag or fail, we shall go on to the end”: Hashtag activism in Hong Kong protests Language, Politics and Media: The Hong Kong Protests, Wang, Guofeng and Ming Liu (eds.), pp. 117–142 | Article
Focusing on the anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong, this article presents an analysis of Twitter posts adopting the hashtags #antiELAB, #NoChinaExtradition and #HongKongProtests. The analysis explores the public narrative among the collective identity of Hongkongers opposing the… read more
2022 Instagram and intermodal configurations of value: Ideology, aesthetics, and attitudinal stance in #avotoast posts Internet Pragmatics 5:2, pp. 197–226 | Article
This paper explores how ideological positions associated with food are construed multimodally in Instagram posts produced by everyday social media users. Discourse about food choices is an important site for revealing syndromes of values that characterise the ideological positions that are… read more
2021 Language in action: Sport, mode and the division of semiotic labour Language, Context and Text 3:2, pp. 274–301 | Article
This paper explores language in sport. It draws on systemic functional linguistics to map variations in language as coaches and players change situation, from setting up drills and giving feedback to calling for the ball during the intensity of play. In particular, it explores grammatical and… read more
2020 Authority (de)legitimation in the border wall Twitter discourse of President Trump Journal of Language and Politics 19:5, pp. 831–856 | Article
The construction of a wall along the US/Mexico border was one of the main political platforms upon which the 2016 US presidential election campaign was fought. Ahead of the upcoming 2020 US presidential election, and with the border wall still not yet built or funded, this article uses the… read more
2018 Interviewing for accountability: Ideological framing and argumentation Language and Dialogue 8:3, pp. 390–413 | Article
During the National Policy Institute’s national conference in Washington D.C. on Saturday November 19th, 2016, Richard Spencer delivered a speech in praise of the election victory of President Donald Trump. Shortly after the conference, Spencer was an invited guest on the News One Now programme… read more
2016 Learner perceptions and experiences of pride in second language education Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 39:3, pp. 272–291 | Article
Within applied linguistics, understanding of motivation and cognition has benefitted from substantial attention for decades, but the attention received by language learner emotions has not been comparable until recently when interest in emotions and the role they can play in language learning has… read more