Directives in COVID-19 government guidance: An international comparison

• Published in: Applied Corpus Linguistics Vol. 3; no. 3; p. 100063
• Main Authors: Vincent, Benet, Power, Kate, Crosthwaite, Peter, Gardner, Sheena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Corpus pragmatics; Covid-19; Directives; Political discourse; Speech acts; Speech acts; Political discourse; Corpus pragmatics; Covid-19; Directives; speech acts; directives; corpus pragmatics; political discourse

•New categorization of directive speech acts developed based on corpus of monologic briefings.•Categorization includes attention to directness and forcefulness of directives.•Briefings of political leaders Ardern, Johnson, Morrison and sturgeon are compared.•Suggests directive realisations for effec...