Crisis events, often understood as forces of nature, may also be perceived in entirely different ways, depending on the language and cultural context. Thus, the 2014 Argentine debt default was interpreted in public discourse as a challenge to be overcome and served as a discourse on national identity. This discourse-linguistic study examines the other side of the crisis and a pattern of resilient engagement with adversity.

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Simone Maria Mwangi , University of Kassel, Germany.