Current work


In-progress papers 

  • The discursive construction of self: Subjectivity and consumption in social photographs - with Sumin Zhao (UTS) for Discourse and communication
  • Social media images: Construing subjectivity in Instagram images

Current projects
  • Affiliation and paralanguage in YouTube labour and delivery stories
  • The language of support and recovery: Affiliation in social media discourse about mental health


Papers under review


Zappavigna, M (under review). Searchable talk: The linguistic functions of hashtags. (for Social Semiotics

Zappavigna, M (under review). The interpersonal functions of hashtags. (for Functions of Language)