The Social Semiotic Forum: Special issue of the Journal Language, Context and Text 6:1 (2024)
Edited by Elizabeth A. Thomson, Awni Etaywe, Ingrid Wijeyewardene and Penny Wheeler
Special issue of Language, Context and Text 6:1 (2024) ca. 200 pp.
Awni Etaywe
List of John Benjamins publications for which Awni Etaywe plays a role.
Title
Subjects Applied linguistics | Functional linguistics | Semiotics | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2024 Review of Curtis (2022): The new peace linguistics and the role of language in conflict The Social Semiotic Forum: Special issue of the Journal Language, Context and Text 6:1 (2024), Thomson, Elizabeth A., Awni Etaywe, Ingrid Wijeyewardene and Penny Wheeler (eds.), pp. 219–225 | Review
2024 Compassion as appraisal, performative identity and moral affiliation: A corpus perspective and digital activist strategic communication analysis The Social Semiotic Forum: Special issue of the Journal Language, Context and Text 6:1 (2024), Thomson, Elizabeth A., Awni Etaywe, Ingrid Wijeyewardene and Penny Wheeler (eds.), pp. 88–121 | Article
This article addresses the underexplored topic of compassion in digital activism through linguistic research. Utilising corpus linguistics and the SFL appraisal framework, the study initially analyses the lemma “compassion” and its appraisal nature within The Coronavirus Corpus. It then models… read more
2024 Moving towards peace, compassion and empathy through semiotic enquiry The Social Semiotic Forum: Special issue of the Journal Language, Context and Text 6:1 (2024), Thomson, Elizabeth A., Awni Etaywe, Ingrid Wijeyewardene and Penny Wheeler (eds.), pp. 2–26 | Article
In our interconnected world, exposure to hate, fear, violence and adversarial communication is commonplace. Yet, this exposure underscores the urgent need for a more just, peaceful, and inclusive society. While research stresses the importance of nurturing peace, compassion and empathy for… read more
2022 Identity, ideology and threatening communication: An investigation of patterns of attitude in terrorist discourse Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 10:2, pp. 315–350 | Article
Linguistic analysis of the interpersonal patterning of threatening communication is a means of uncovering the attitudes, ideological orientation, and hostile intentions of perpetrators of violence in terrorist discourse (Gales 2010, 2011). Corpus analysis focused on attitudinal meaning also… read more