The interpersonal functions of public signs during the Covid-19 pandemic

Special issue of Pragmatics and Society 14:2 (2023)

Editor

Eva Ogiermann | King's College London

[Pragmatics and Society, 14:2] 2023. v, 185 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.14.2

Table of Contents

Introduction: The interpersonal functions of public signs during the Covid-19 pandemic

Eva Ogiermann | pp. 197–209

Articles

Solidarity and support in Belgian residential linguistic landscapes during the Covid-19 outbreak

Mieke Vandenbroucke & Fien De Malsche | pp. 210–235
Pragmatic functions of humor in Berlin’s directive Covid-19 Signs

Rita Tamara Vallentin | pp. 236–256
“Money can buy health”: Risk and protection in Hong Kong’s COVID-19 advertisement-scape

Vincent Wai Sum Tse, Jasper Zhao Zhen Wu & Andre Joseph Theng | pp. 257–280
Fear appeals in Chinese public signs of COVID-19 prevention in local communities

Mian Jia & Yi Zhao | pp. 281–305
Finnish and French public signs from commercial premises during the Covid-19 pandemic

Johanna Isosävi | pp. 306–333
Disseminating risk communication: Advice offered on non-official public signage during the Covid-19 pandemic

Eva Ogiermann & Spyridoula Bella | pp. 334–357
Covid-19 WhatsApp sticker memes as public signs in Oman

Najma Al Zidjaly & Zumurrod Al Barhi | pp. 358–381

Subjects

Linguistics

Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Discourse studies

Main BIC Subject

CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General