Routledge Research in Language and Communication
Resistance to Climate Crisis Metaphors
1st Edition
By Anaïs Augé
February 02, 2027
This book offers an in-depth exploration of public resistance to metaphor in climate crisis discourse. While the role of metaphor has been examined in climate change discourse previously, researchers have grappled with the limitations of existing studies, expanding their area of foci toward ...
Echo Chambers and Epistemological Bubbles: Communicative Flirtations with the End of Democracy
1st Edition
By Lauren Zentz
October 23, 2026
In Echo Chambers and Epistemological Bubbles: Communicative Flirtations with the End of Democracy, Lauren Zentz offers a critical linguistic ethnographic examination of moral-political discourse on social media following the January 6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection. Moving beyond the oft-used "echo...
Suicide and the Self: A Discourse Analysis Approach to Self-Narratives of Suicide
1st Edition
By Dariusz Galasiński, Justyna Ziółkowska
October 16, 2026
This book centres on self-accounts of suicidal behavior, using a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach to offer a qualitative perspective within current suicidology and suicide prevention research. Suicide and the Self: A Discourse Analysis Approach to Self-Narratives of Suicide is the first ...
On the Past, Present, and Future of Semioethics: A Dialogue with Susan Petrilli
1st Edition
By Susan Petrilli, Simon Levesque
September 28, 2026
This volume charts the origins, development, and future potential of semioethics through the work of Susan Petrilli, showcasing an extended dialogue with one of the eminent figures in semiotics scholarship. Featuring a wide-ranging conversation between Petrilli and scholar Simon Levesque, the book ...
Framing Sustainability in Language and Communication
1st Edition
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By Maida Kosatica, Sean P. Smith
July 19, 2026
This collection brings together established and emerging scholars for a critical framing of sustainability through the lens of language and communication, social semiotics, and media studies. The volume underscores the importance of re-envisioning sustainability around not only climate change and ...
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Discourse on Populism: Tracking the Uses of 'Populism' in Media and Political Discourse
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By Laetitia Aulit, Anaïs Augé, Barbara De Cock, Min Reuchamps, Sandrine Roginsky, Coline Rondiat
July 01, 2026
This collection examines the construction and circulation of discourses on populism, charting their role in shaping collective understandings of democracy. This volume advocates for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of populism as a form of categorisation used by several types of actors to...
Semioethics as Existential Dialogue: The Gift and Burden of Responsibility
1st Edition
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By Susan Petrilli, Susan Mancino
May 21, 2026
This collection brings together perspectives on the interplay of communication, dialogue, and responsibility, exploring communicative acts of disruption toward a social environment attuned to short-sighted individualism. Semioethics highlights the condition of inevitable entanglement with the other...
The Feedback Society: Linguistic and Discursive Approaches
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By Sylvia Jaworska, Camilla Vásquez
May 04, 2026
This collection explores the rise of feedback as a discursive practice in everyday life, examining diverse genres and sociocultural contexts. The volume puts a focus on the “how” of feedback in a range of contexts and communicative settings. Genres examined include performance reviews and online ...
Recontextualizing Expert Knowledge: The Process, Practices and Aims of Digital Dissemination
1st Edition
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By Rosa Lorés, Pilar Mur-Dueñas
March 22, 2026
This collection explores how expert knowledge is transformed and communicated in digital contexts. This volume examines how digital media impacts the process of recontextualization, understood as the way by which expert knowledge is made more accessible to multiple audiences through varied ...
Digital Genres for Academic and Professional Communication: Mapping Research and Practice
1st Edition
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By Oana Maria Carciu, Rosana Villares
March 19, 2026
This edited volume represents a collection of empirical research on essential topics in ESP, advancing our understanding of digital genres in a cohesive manner. It contains 13 original contributions that offer wide coverage of the most influential theoretical frameworks and methodological advances ...
Multidisciplinary Views on Discourse Genre: A Research Agenda
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By Ninke Stukker, John A. Bateman, Danielle McNamara, Wilbert Spooren
January 30, 2026
This collection sets out an innovative research agenda for advancing a multidisciplinary approach to genre, bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines to enhance our existing understanding of the challenges and opportunities for current and future genre research. The volume brings ...
Talking Images: The Interface between Drawing and Writing
1st Edition
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By Silvia Ferrara, Mattia Cartolano, Ludovica Ottaviano
January 29, 2026
This innovative collection offers a holistic portrait of the multimodal communication potential of images from the Upper Paleolithic through to today, showcasing image-based creativity throughout the centuries. The volume seeks to extend the boundaries of our understanding of what language and ...