Affective life of Mongolian proverbs in times of COVID-19 lockdown in China
Journal: International Journal of Multilingualism
Year: 2024

This study examines how recontextualised Mongolian proverbs during the COVID-19 lockdown reframe and make sense of crisis events as Inner Mongolia enters lockdown and its residents go through daily PCR testing since October 2022. The study finds that reworked well-known Mongolian sayings centring on COVID testing act as a form of sociopolitical commentary, a coping strategy, and a language community-building device. The light-heartedness and delight inherent in the process of recontextualising M