TY - JOUR
T1 - Charting the path of sustainability discourse research
T2 - A systematic review of applied linguistic studies
AU - Nervino, Esterina
AU - Cheung, Joyce Oiwun
AU - Chen, Jiayi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors. International Journal of Applied Linguistics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2024/8
Y1 - 2024/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Esg
KW - Bibliometrics
KW - Corporate social responsibility
KW - Sustainability
KW - Sustainability discourse
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85183031654&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/ijal.12537
DO - 10.1111/ijal.12537
M3 - Review article
SN - 0802-6106
VL - 34
SP - 862
EP - 883
JO - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (United Kingdom)
JF - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (United Kingdom)
IS - 3
ER -
