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    dc.contributor.authorChen, Chun-
    dc.date.accessioned2025-09-10T11:55:39Z-
    dc.date.available2025-09-10T11:55:39Z-
    dc.date.issued2025-
    dc.identifier.citationCrossroads. A Journal of English Studies 49 (2/2025), pp. 26-46pl
    dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11320/18751-
    dc.description.abstractThis study investigates how TED speakers linguistically frame humans’ role in fostering sustainable food systems and environmental stewardship. This research explores Positive Discourse Analysis (PDA) based on a self-built corpus of ten TED Talk transcripts (19,151 tokens) selected through keyword filtering (“food,” “sustainability,” “climate change”) and temporal constraints (2019 to 2023). The analysis focuses on the strategic use of the pronoun “we” and modality to interpret collective responsibility and optimism in relation to humans and the environment in the topic of foods. Results reveal that TED speakers adopt inclusive and future-oriented language that reflects PDA principles of optimism and solidarity, using “we” and modality to promote shared commitment and constructive engagement. Further explorations in employing TED Talks as spoken corpora and PDA in ecological discourse research are encouraged.pl
    dc.language.isoenpl
    dc.publisherThe University of Białystok, The Faculty of Philologypl
    dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 International License
    dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
    dc.subjectTEDpl
    dc.subjectfood systempl
    dc.subjectPositive Discourse Analysis (PDA)pl
    dc.subjectpronounpl
    dc.subjectmodalitypl
    dc.subjecthumanpl
    dc.subjectenvironmentpl
    dc.subjectspoken corpuspl
    dc.titleAnalyzing personal pronouns and modality in TED talks on food system sustainabilitypl
    dc.typeArticlepl
    dc.rights.holderCreative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)pl
    dc.identifier.doi10.15290/CR.2025.49.2.02-
    dc.description.EmailCHUN.CHEN.2024@mumail.iepl
    dc.description.BiographicalnoteChun Chen is a PhD student in the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Maynooth University, funded by the John and Pat Hume Doctoral Scholarship. Her research interests lie in Ecolinguistics, discourse analysis, and corpus linguistics. Her doctoral thesis explores lexical diversity and discursive framing of food-related ecological neologisms, with a particular focus on how Irish media discourse constructs narratives around food transitions. Chun combines critical discourse analysis with corpus-based methods in her research and aims to foster the interdisciplinary dialogues between linguistics and food studies and to critically examine the impacts of language on sustainable practices.pl
    dc.description.AffiliationMaynooth University, Irelandpl
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