Open AccessA Mediated Account of Corona Languaging
Author(s) -
Mohammed Nasser Abdulsada
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pioneer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2655-8718
pISSN - 2338-5243
DOI - 10.36841/pioneer.v13i1.938
Subject(s) - corona (planetary geology) , exposition (narrative) , covid-19 , interpretation (philosophy) , linguistics , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , physics , literature , art , medicine , disease , pathology , astrobiology , venus , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This research explores how language mediates Corona or Covid-19. To find out this phenomenon, a few Corona-related words, phrases, and structures are put into discussion. The paper, also, draws on the languaging of Corona, as a global disaster, with a highlight of the practices, attitudes, and discourses expressed over this disaster. First, the paper introduces a generic exposition on the various aspects of global disasters in terms of linguistic structures, which are all supported by some previous researches. Then, a broader interpretation of how language mediates Corona is elaborated. Finally, the paper states a few findings, conclusions, and further areas of research. Language plays a significant role in shaping disasters, and in this concern, the paper revealed that Corona pandemic is highly mediated at the lexical, meta-linguistic, and conceptual levels. Additionally, relating Corona to meta-linguistic aspects can underline a media-catastrophe link, one that may be worth a broader and further investigation.