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Silenced accents: Linguistic exclusion of minority women journalists in mainstream newsrooms 沉默的口音：主流新闻编辑室对少数族裔女记者的语言排斥

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Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2026.01.007

Einat Lachover

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Chinese socio-political discourse in diachrony: A new view on the evolution of Chinese political linguaculture 历时性的中国社会政治话语：中国政治语言文化演变的新视角

IF 1.4 2区文学

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2026.01.002

Anastasia A. Politova , Olga V. Dubkova

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On the distinction between arguments and explanations 论论证与解释的区别

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Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.12.005

José Ángel Gascón

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Engagement in health representatives’ speeches of Covid-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia and the UK 参与沙特阿拉伯和英国卫生代表关于Covid-19大流行的演讲

IF 1.4 2区文学

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2026.02.001

Atekah Abaalkhail

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Interlocutor reference and competing social imaginaries in a predominantly Chinese Indonesian workplace in West Kalimantan 在西加里曼丹一个以印尼华人为主的工作场所，对话者的参考和相互竞争的社会想象

IF 1.4 2区文学

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.12.004

Jess Kruk

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The pragmatically conditioned shift from relative to qualitative adjectives in Soviet totalitarian discourse of the 1950s: A synchronic and qualitative analysis 20世纪50年代苏联极权主义话语中相对形容词向定性形容词的语用条件转换：共时性和定性分析

IF 1.4 2区文学

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.12.002

Piotr Zemszał

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The semiotics of emojis & emoticons: Social hierarchies, platform preferences, and functional implications in digital discourse 表情符号和表情符号的符号学：数字话语中的社会等级、平台偏好和功能含义

IF 1.4 2区文学

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2026.01.003

Amandeep Dhaliwal, Deepti Dabas Hazarika

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The quiet resourcefulness of Falderos: Embodied salesmanship in motion 法德罗斯安静的足智多谋：在行动中体现了推销技巧

IF 1.4 2区文学

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.12.003

Rosina Márquez Reiter , Mandie Iveson

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Persuading disputants toward reconciliation: Discursive legitimation in Chinese mediation 说服争议者和解：中国调解的话语合法化

IF 1.4 2区文学

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.11.003

Jingwei Zhang, Ting Jiang

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Multilingualism in parliamentary discourse: Unpacking ideological conflicts over the use of native languages in the parliament of Ghana 议会话语中的多语：加纳议会中使用母语的意识形态冲突

IF 1.4 2区文学

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.11.002

Ernest Nyamekye , Esther Asare , Abdul-Rahman Mutawakil , Solomon Domfeh , Love Kafui Mensah

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