A Study of Hate Speech in the North and South: Politicians as Communicative Agents

Stéphane Rodrigues Dias[1] & Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki[2] See authors’ affiliations [1]  Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology Uruguaiana, Brazil, Email: stephane.dias@iffarroupilha.edu.br Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0002-5519-125 [2]  African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Email: phoebe.mbasalaki@uct.ac.za Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-8198 Abstract Hate speech as…

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‘If you ride a lame horse into a race …’: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Metaphors in John Mahama’s Political Speeches

Richmond Sadick Ngula [1] See authors’ affiliations [1]  University of Botswana, Communication and Study Skills Unit, CAD, https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-3499-4480, ngular@ub.ac.bw Abstract Studies on metaphor in political speeches have gained prominence in recent years, especially in Western political contexts where it has…

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A Move Analysis of the Concluding Sections of Televised Sports News Presentations in Ghana

Benjamin Amoakohene[1]  Margaret Ivy Amoakohene [2]  See authors’ affiliations [1]  University of Health and Allied Sciences, Department of General and Liberal Studies, bamoakohene@uhas.edu.gh  [2]  University of Ghana, Department of CommunicationStudies mamoakohene@ug.edu.gh Abstract The study presents an analysis of the concluding sections of televised…

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Discourses of Anticipatory Futures Among Contemporary Japanese Younger Adults

Judit Kroo [1]  See authors’ affiliations [1]  Arizona State University, School of International Letters and Cultures, judit.kroo@asu.edu Abstract This paper examines the ways in which younger adults in contemporary Japan discursively articulate possible futures under continuing conditions of socioeconomic precarity and marginalization…

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