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Papers by Jelena Babic - Antic

Research paper thumbnail of Social implications of women's language in media discourse

Research paper thumbnail of Social implications of women's language in media discourse

Socioloski pregled, 2019

This paper deals with linguistic means that characterize women’s speech in a specific type of me... more This paper deals with linguistic means that characterize women’s speech in a
specific type of media discourse – confrontational television interview, their meanings and social implications. The aim of this research is to examine whether linguistic patterns of women’s language in media discourse comprise the basic features of women’s language and which ones, as well as to identify their functions and social implications. The methodological framework draws on Critical Discourse Analysis and the three-dimensional model which analyses the corpus as (1) text, (2) discursive practice, and (3) social practice. The research starts with the assumption that, if the relationship between discourse and society is dialectical, i.e. discourse constitutes society, and is itself influenced by society, changes in the former inevitably cause changes in the latter. Consequently, if women’s social position is reflected in their language, and vice versa, we assume that changes in the social position of women are also reflected in the language they use. Also, by generating changes in the
discourse, women can improve their position in society. The results obtained from the
analysis largely confirm the initial assumption.
Keywords: linguistic means, gender studies, language and gender, critical discourse
analysis, confrontational interview

Research paper thumbnail of Counterfactual reasoning and conceptual blending in political discourse

Зборник радова Филозофског факултета у Приштини

Research paper thumbnail of Adverb or adverbial phrases: Structure, meaning, function

Zbornik radova Uciteljskog fakulteta Prizren-Leposavic, 2015

The following paper deals with phrases and clauses, particularly Adverbial phrases in English lan... more The following paper deals with phrases and clauses, particularly Adverbial phrases in English language. The aim of this paper was to briefly introduce and explain the importance of phrases in English language by presenting their structure, meaning, types and functions that are usually appointed to them. Showing the results and conclusions of a research and dedicated work by a group of students and their teachers, we presented the way in which adverbial phrases may appear in various kinds of discourses. For the purposes of our research, we chose literary discourse and the excerpt of a novel by Sherwood Anderson (1921) called The Door of the Trap.

Research paper thumbnail of Would and used to as markers of modality and habituality in English

Зборник радова Филозофског факултета у Приштини

САЖЕТАК. У енглеском језику се са значењем хабитуалности употребљавају различите конструкције. Wo... more САЖЕТАК. У енглеском језику се са значењем хабитуалности употребљавају различите конструкције. Would и Used to познати су као типични носиоци хабитуалног значења и често се називају перифрастичним облицима. Хабитуални аспект веома је уобичајен у граматици енглеског језика и указује на понављајућу радњу у оквиру дужег временског периода. Овај рад се бави испитивањем фреквентности хабитуалних облика у журналистичком жаргону, присутном у дневним часописима на енглеском језику (The Independent, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph).

Research paper thumbnail of Social implications of women's language in media discourse

Research paper thumbnail of Social implications of women's language in media discourse

Socioloski pregled, 2019

This paper deals with linguistic means that characterize women’s speech in a specific type of me... more This paper deals with linguistic means that characterize women’s speech in a
specific type of media discourse – confrontational television interview, their meanings and social implications. The aim of this research is to examine whether linguistic patterns of women’s language in media discourse comprise the basic features of women’s language and which ones, as well as to identify their functions and social implications. The methodological framework draws on Critical Discourse Analysis and the three-dimensional model which analyses the corpus as (1) text, (2) discursive practice, and (3) social practice. The research starts with the assumption that, if the relationship between discourse and society is dialectical, i.e. discourse constitutes society, and is itself influenced by society, changes in the former inevitably cause changes in the latter. Consequently, if women’s social position is reflected in their language, and vice versa, we assume that changes in the social position of women are also reflected in the language they use. Also, by generating changes in the
discourse, women can improve their position in society. The results obtained from the
analysis largely confirm the initial assumption.
Keywords: linguistic means, gender studies, language and gender, critical discourse
analysis, confrontational interview

Research paper thumbnail of Counterfactual reasoning and conceptual blending in political discourse

Зборник радова Филозофског факултета у Приштини

Research paper thumbnail of Adverb or adverbial phrases: Structure, meaning, function

Zbornik radova Uciteljskog fakulteta Prizren-Leposavic, 2015

The following paper deals with phrases and clauses, particularly Adverbial phrases in English lan... more The following paper deals with phrases and clauses, particularly Adverbial phrases in English language. The aim of this paper was to briefly introduce and explain the importance of phrases in English language by presenting their structure, meaning, types and functions that are usually appointed to them. Showing the results and conclusions of a research and dedicated work by a group of students and their teachers, we presented the way in which adverbial phrases may appear in various kinds of discourses. For the purposes of our research, we chose literary discourse and the excerpt of a novel by Sherwood Anderson (1921) called The Door of the Trap.

Research paper thumbnail of Would and used to as markers of modality and habituality in English

Зборник радова Филозофског факултета у Приштини

САЖЕТАК. У енглеском језику се са значењем хабитуалности употребљавају различите конструкције. Wo... more САЖЕТАК. У енглеском језику се са значењем хабитуалности употребљавају различите конструкције. Would и Used to познати су као типични носиоци хабитуалног значења и често се називају перифрастичним облицима. Хабитуални аспект веома је уобичајен у граматици енглеског језика и указује на понављајућу радњу у оквиру дужег временског периода. Овај рад се бави испитивањем фреквентности хабитуалних облика у журналистичком жаргону, присутном у дневним часописима на енглеском језику (The Independent, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph).