Narratives of Sustainability
Interdisciplinary Insights and Ecolinguistic Perspectives
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https://doi.org/10.13136/2281-4582/2026.i28.1882Parole chiave:
Corpus-assisted Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Studies, Sustainability, EcolinguisticsAbstract
Introduction to the Special Issue "Narratives of Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Insights and Ecolinguistic Perspectives"
Sustainability has garnered interdisciplinary attention, spanning multiple fields of research and playing a central role in contemporary international scholarship (Krieg & Toivanen, 2021). However, its meaning and use vary across different discourse communities, making it a complex and often contested concept (Godeman & Michelsen, 2011). In this context, qualitative and quantitative approaches may provide useful tools for identifying linguistic and discursive patterns in sustainability-related communication, allowing researchers to examine how sustainability is framed and negotiated across different domains. By integrating ecolinguistics with corpus-based approaches (Poole, 2017, 2022), scholars can analyze the rhetorical, persuasive, and ideological dimensions of sustainability discourse.
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