This article examines the emerging cultural patterns in reporting a pandemic in waiting
(avian influenza) as instantiated in the news discourse of the British press, more particularly …

This article takes two events in the ongoing story of a predicted UK avian flu epidemic—“the
dead parrot”(October 2005) and “the dying swan”(April 2006)—and examines the role and …

This article sets out a framework for a language-oriented analysis of sensationalism in news
media. Sensationalism is understood here as a discourse strategy of 'packaging'information …

During the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020, political discourse was dominated by the
language of war as the world's political leaders saturated their speech with the terminology …

Within the endless stream of information available on the news media market, news
headline language is characterised by several linguistic, pragmatic, rhetorical and functional …

This article documents some foregrounding devices that the media use to attract readers'
attention to linguistic forms, all identified in sports reports relating to the Euro 2004 Football …

CATCH IT, BIN IT, KILL IT - On the metaphorical conceptualisation of the 2009 swine flu
pandemic in British media texts CATCH IT, BIN IT, KILL IT - On the metaphorical …

In a world in which advanced communication technologies have made the reporting of
disasters and conflicts (also in the form of breaking news) a familiar and 'normalised'activity …

Metadiscourse plays a vital role both in organising the discourse and in engaging the
audience, thus becoming an important aspect of persuasive writing. Assuming that …

Media texts are often filled with strategies to persuade the readers and express ideas
beyond the plain meaning of the words. The present study investigated the rhetorical …