Fear of Lockdown and COVID19
Semantics of Frames
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The study identifies the frames associated with COVID-19 ‘during lockdown’ and ‘after lockdown’ and examines the embodiment (sensory experiences) associated with them. To explore participants’ perceptions of the pandemic in the two different contexts, the study uses the theory of Frame Semantics, which proposes that the frames/concepts acquired through experiences help in the meaning-making process. Following cognitive discourse analysis, description tasks and focus group interviews were conducted with 30 university students to obtain discourse. Selected participants were studying in the universities in Islamabad and were asked to narrate in detail their experiences of the virus during and after the lockdown. The method of analysis follows Fillmore’s FrameNet project to identify frames and the lexical markers that trigger them. Data analysis results in the identification of relevant frames in the discourses (written and spoken linguistic data taken from participants), some of which are available in the FrameNet database, while some have been created. The identification of 48 new frames in the discourses points towards the creation of a new embodiment (sensory experiences) ‘during lockdown’ and ‘after lockdown. ’ The findings suggest that the percentage of negative frames is higher in ‘during lockdown’ discourses (76.4%) as compared to the ‘after lockdown’ discourses (32%). Furthermore, modifications in the FrameNet database are suggested.
Keywords:
Cognitive discourse analysis, COVID-19, FrameNet, Semantics of frames, Sensory experiencesReferences
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