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Published Online: Dec 26, 2021
Page range: 53 - 62
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0006
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The paper explores the use of person and empathetic deixis in the institutional discourse within an interdisciplinary landscape. It underpins a corpus-based approach, focusing on texts on COVID19 pertaining to the World Health Organization. Our aim is to demonstrate that deictic pronominals have collective self-reference, expressing solidarity and empathy.