With "The Name is the Meaning: Language Used for the So-Called 'MENA'" by Patrizia Rinaldi, the focus of attention moves to contemporary international migration legislation, and more specifically to the crucial role played by language, both at the regulatory and communicative level, in reflecting and also shaping social reality.The paper focuses on the particular case of unaccompanied migrant minors in Spain (generally known as 'MENA,' namely 'Menores Extranjeros No Acompañados'), combining empirical research and press analysis to examine the social implications of the terminologies used to refer to them in the institutional field and especially in media communications.
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