Who’s in Charge Here: How Linguistic Agency in Climate Messages Shapes Public Interpretations and Responses?
Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice
Published online on March 07, 2026
Abstract
Science Communication, Ahead of Print.
Linguistic agency assignment is an unavoidable yet understudied feature in climate messaging. We propose temporal (moving-time/moving-ego), causal (natural/human), and action (non-agential/human) agency as distinct features targeting three core cognitive ...
Linguistic agency assignment is an unavoidable yet understudied feature in climate messaging. We propose temporal (moving-time/moving-ego), causal (natural/human), and action (non-agential/human) agency as distinct features targeting three core cognitive ...