However, in addition to the naming itself, the word coronavirus has been featuring other attributes and topics related crisis and scenarios of the future. Language had to adapt, as new words and phrases with the root “covid” and “corona” emerged. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has brought critical moments to many areas of our life, from public health or politics to economy. Language adapts to a situation because it reflects external events. Keywords: coronavirus, Croatia, language, crisis, Jutarnji list The text follows specific tendencies of a language in crisis: emphasizing particular parts of vocabulary (medical, military terminology, statistics), creation of new words, use of metaphor or depiction of the near future. The discourse analysis provides the basic framework for the study of the texts from online version of newspaper Jutarnji list in January 2022, two years since the outbreak of the virus in Croatia. L ANGUAGE IN TIMES OF CRISIS: CORONAVIRUS ON THE PAGES OF CROATIAN MAGAZINEĪbstract : The article deals with reaction of the Croatian language to the coronavirus crisis.
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