Charting the path of sustainability discourse research: A systematic review of applied linguistic studies

Esterina Nervino; Joyce Oiwun Cheung; Jiayi Chen

doi:10.1111/ijal.12537

Charting the path of sustainability discourse research: A systematic review of applied linguistic studies

Esterina Nervino^*, Joyce Oiwun Cheung, Jiayi Chen

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Abstract

This paper aims to understand the state-of-the-art of research on sustainability discourse in applied linguistics. The paper adopts a systematic two-stage review approach. In the first stage, 114 articles were classified into environment, social, and governance (ESG) according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) categories. The second stage involves annotating the dataset using an open-coding system based on data types explored in the studies, methodologies used, findings, and implications. The findings lead to a comprehensive review of diachronic changes in the investigation of sustainability topics, data types, sampling, frameworks, analytical tools, findings, and implications to ultimately set the grounds for future research on sustainability discourse in applied linguistics and related disciplines—for example, communication studies. © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	862-883
Number of pages	22
Journal	International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Volume	34
Issue number	3
Online published	24 Jan 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12537
Publication status	Published - Aug 2024

Funding

This study was funded by the City University of Hong Kong through the Start-Up Grant & Top-Up Grant [Project No. (CityU Ref. No. 7200720)] and the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China [Project No. (RGC Ref. No. 21609922), Project No. (CityU Ref. No. 9048260)]. The authors thank Mr. Zhou Zixuan for his help with data visualization.

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bibliometrics
comunicazione
corporate social responsibility
discorso sulla sostenibilita’
ESG
responsabilita’ sociale d'impresa
sostenibilita’
sustainability
sustainability discourse

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