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<p>The paper explores the use of person and empathetic deixis in the institutional discourse within an interdisciplinary landscape. It underpins a corpus-based approach, focusing on texts on COVID19 pertaining to the World Health Organization. Our aim is to demonstrate that deictic pronominals have collective self-reference, expressing solidarity and empathy.</p>
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The paper explores the use of person and empathetic deixis in the institutional discourse within an interdisciplinary landscape. It underpins a corpus-based approach, focusing on texts on COVID19 pertaining to the World Health Organization. Our aim is to demonstrate that deictic pronominals have collective self-reference, expressing solidarity and empathy.

Person and Empathetic Deixis in the Institutional Discourse

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The paper explores the use of person and empathetic deixis in the institutional discourse within an interdisciplinary landscape. It underpins a corpus-based...

Person and Empathetic Deixis in the Institutional Discourse

Published Online: Dec 26, 2021

Page range: 53 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0006

Keywords
empathetic deixis, institutional discourse, person deixis

© 2021 Oana-Maria Puiu Niţă, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Person and Empathetic Deixis in the Institutional Discourse

Published Online: Dec 26, 2021

Page range: 53 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0006

Keywordsempathetic deixis, institutional discourse, person deixis

© 2021 Oana-Maria Puiu Niţă, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
empathetic deixis, institutional discourse, person deixis