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Adopting a corpus-based register approach, this study explores the extent to which television courtroom discourse aligns with or diverges from authentic courtroom language, thereby contributing to broader discussions of register variation. In particular, drawing on the analytical framework for situational characteristics proposed by Biber and Conrad ...
The study examines the role and linguistic repertoire of political implicatures in online media discourse. A case study of Kommersant’s Telegram channel, based on a one-month feed, demonstrates that contributors employ multiple linguistic means of implicature expression to balance the legal restrictions on media coverage with the publishing house’s l...
In election debates, it is essential for politicians to try to steer the discussion to their own advantage and to the disadvantage of their opponent. One strategy to do so is exploiting the polyphony inherent in discourse, employing quotes, paraphrases and references to prior speech. In this study, we analyze an interaction from a Dutch election deba...