Discursive construction in multilingual crisis risk communication
An analysis of ‘A letter to foreign nationals’ messages in China’s Covid-19 fight
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5965841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ningyang Chen (0000-0002-3335-2999, Soochow University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 404-422 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14614456221099176 |
| OpenAlex | W4286447891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
This article examines the discursive construction of a specific letter-style multilingual crisis message released by local governmental institutions during China’s battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a sociocognitive analysis of a collection of 33 English-language messages, the analysis revealed the structural features of the message and the discursive strategies in constructing and negotiating the identities of the message’s addresser and the addressee. It was found that the discursive relationship between the addresser and the addressee was established on an ingroup-outgroup distinction mediated by neutralising strategies to reduce authoritative imposition and image-enhancing strategies to promote a responsible government. The findings suggest that multilingual crisis communication is a multivocal, complex social practice shaped by genre, textual, media and contextual factors. These findings will provide insights into the crisis discourse as an emerging topic of interest and help inform multilingual communication strategies in and beyond the context of a public health emergency
Battle · China · Crisis communication · Discourse analysis · Linguistics · Negotiation · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |