Abstract:In this paper, we contribute to the study of intercultural pragmatics and, more specifically, the “pragmatics of danger” by exploring how adult participants in an online exchange program with focus on Spanish and English learning talk about the corona virus and the impact the pandemic has in their lives. We focus on the Covid-19 related topics that emerge in their exchanges and we search for keywords and eventual new words and concepts that shed light on people’s situation at the time. Our material, consisting… Show more
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