Jane Dilkes
List of John Benjamins publications in which Jane Dilkes is involved.
Articles
2026 Contextual use of “journey” may communicate specific experience and concerns of a social group At the Crossroads of Historical and Cognitive Linguistics, Rogos-Hebda, Anna and Heli Tissari (eds.), pp. 244–263 | Chapter
This study is an applied consideration of the importance of combining cognitive and historical approaches in linguistics. The noun journey is identified as representing an experience that is universal across time and cultures, and as often used metaphorically. In the study use of journey is… read more
2025 The role of metonymy in social identity Metaphor and the Social World 15:1, pp. 1–26 | Article
In this study the role of metonymy in relation to social identity is investigated in naturally occurring internet discourse of social groups. Two Reddit subreddits banned for promoting hate based on identity are compared with two unbanned subreddits that predominantly relate to the same… read more