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Article published In: The terminological impact of pandemics: COVID-19 and beyond
Edited by Maria-Cornelia Wermuth and Paul Sambre
[Terminology 29:2] 2023
► pp. 224–251

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A discourse dynamics exploration of terminology for Covid-19 in professional and public discourse

A frame-based approach

 | Shandong University
 | Shandong University
 | University of Auckland
Published online: 26 October 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/term.00070.don
Abstract
This study identified terminology used in academia and media relating to Covid-19 and traced its development across 20 months from a discourse dynamics perspective. The cross-corpus comparison identified significant differences between the two corpora in the use of terminology relating to Covid-19, thereby signaling the particularities of the two communities towards the same social event. The dynamic analysis reveals a non-linear trajectory in the use of terminology in both corpora and an evolving developmental pattern in the construction of the specialized text. The analysis shows that the use of terminology evolves with social change, which can contribute to our understanding of the dynamics of terminology development. Methodologically, this study further demonstrates the viability of discourse dynamic approaches in analyzing the linguistic features of a social event.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Methodology
    • 2.1Corpora
    • 2.2Theoretical framework
      • 2.2.1Frame-based terminology
      • 2.2.2Covid-19 template
    • 2.3The extraction and analysis of terminology
  • 3.Results and discussion
    • 3.1The comparison of the terminology uses in the Academic and Media corpus
    • 3.2The dynamic developmental patterns of the terminology categories
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
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