The breadth and spread of corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) indicate its usefulness
for exploring language use within a social context. However, its theoretical foundations …

This book adopts a corpus-based discourse analysis approach to the study of the
communicative practices of pick-up artists, offering a systematic exploration of distinct …

Input saliency methods have recently become a popular tool for explaining predictions of
deep learning models in NLP. Nevertheless, there has been little work investigating …

This Element discusses the challenges and opportunities that different types of corpora offer
for the study of pragmatic phenomena. The focus lies on a hands-on approach to methods …

We compare fan subtitles and subtitles produced by professionals in order to detect what
concepts each of them foreground, and how they differ in register and in translation strategy …

Persuasion plays a crucial role in human communication. Yet, convincing someone to
change their mind is often challenging. Here, we demonstrate that a subtle linguistic device …

In contexts where debate and deliberation are the norm, the participants are regularly
presented with new information that conflicts with their original beliefs. When required to …

With a focus on the online phenomena of scamming and scambaiting, this article explores
users' communicative activities on Reddit'sr/scambait subreddit. Drawing on a …

This study examines artefact-orientation in timed comments on the streaming platform Viki
and contributes to research on text-based video-oriented communication. Commenters post …

Linguistic style matching (LSM) in conversations can be reflective of several aspects of
social influence such as power or persuasion. However, how LSM relates to the outcomes of …