The Peculiarities of the Use of Idioms in Comments to English-Language Online Newspaper Articles

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
Albina R. Kayumova ◽  
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Natalia V. Konopleva
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Online Newspaper ◽  
Newspaper Articles

scholarly journals FEAR RHETORIC IN THE ONLINE NEWS DISCOURSE ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN TEUN VAN DIJK’S CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dery Rovino ◽  
Fadhilah Nur Afifah ◽  
Tiara Aqwya Aningrum Kusuma Wardani
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
English Language ◽  
Online News ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Language Choices ◽  
Discourse Model ◽  
Sentence Construction ◽  
Online Newspaper ◽  
Newspaper Articles

The news media, once thought to be only as a tool of information delivery, has subtly shifted its roles as an agent of (de)constructing thoughts, introducing, or denoting fear especially in appalling news. This raises a question whether the news on the COVID-19 pandemic is only for transmitting news updates on the pandemic condition or agenda-driven. However, research tapping into the imbued messages in language complexity in this context seems minimal. This study aims to uncover the language elements that sign fear in a news text. This research focuses on how fear is imbued in three online English-language newspaper articles in Indonesia published by the Jakarta Post, thereby the rhetoric of fear. The three articles discussed the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia.  In this study, CDA is devised to reveal the traces of fear-embedded language choices found in the three online newspaper articles. Researchers used the critical analysis discourse model of Teun A. Van Dijk (1993) and the three elements of discourse (1993): micro, macro, and superstructure. Findings indicated that there were common uses of euphemism, dysphemism, and orthophemism to refine the language being conveyed. This study classified euphemism into five objectives: (1) evasive maneuver to prevent mass panic; (2) speech refinement to soften offence, insults, and/ or other language expressions that may result to humiliation; (3) diplomacy tool; (4) language replacement for taboo or vulgar language choices or those endowed with negative connotation (5) tool for satire, sarcasm and subtle criticism. This study also revealed some linguistic decisions, such as lexicon choices and strategies on sentence construction, subtly evident not only to impose fear, but at the same time to dispose it. Researchers hope that this study may assist the readers in pinpointing subtleties in author’s tone and tendency.

scholarly journals VAGUENESS AND DISSOCIATION IN ENGLISH POLITICAL NEWS DISCOURSE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Katarina Damjanić
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
English Language ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Political News ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Discourse Interpretation ◽  
Newspaper Articles

The main goal of this paper is to indicate the importance of the issues of vagueness and dissociation in discourse interpretation. The discourse that is taken into consideration is the discourse of political news written in the English language. This particular discourse is widely available to readers and deals with important political issues, which is why the choice of words and phrases should ideally be unbiased and accurate. If not, the readers may misinterpret the discourse and have a wrong impression of the political issue. In this research, newspaper articles are taken as an example of political news discourse. All articles analyzed were written in online British and American broadsheet and tabloid newspapers and they all dealt with the migrant crisis and 2019 Hong Kong protests. By taking into consideration the political context and the theoretical framework used in this research, 44 instances considered to be examples of vagueness and dissociation were identified, which were found in 14 newspaper articles.

scholarly journals Употребление показателей множественного числа существительных в современных халха-монгольском и бурятском языках

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 660-667
Author(s):  
Anna V. Mazarchuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Study Material ◽  
Online Newspaper ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Newspaper Articles

Introduction. The article deals with the use of nominal plurality markers in modern Khalkha and Buryat. Nominal plurality markers are used optionally in the Mongolic languages. However, in Buryat they are used more often than in Khalkha. Goals. In order to find out how much the figures differ at the moment (and then make some relevant conclusions), the author has collected two small corpora of newspaper articles on politics, economy, culture, and sports published in the Buryat online newspaper Buryad Unen and Mongolian web-based edition Unuudur written from April to August of 2020 — in the period preceding the start of this research, as it was critical for the author to have the utmost up-to-date materials. Materials. The Mongolian mini-corpus comprises 10 032 words, and the Buryat mini-corpus consists of 10 261 words. Newspaper articles have been chosen as study material because publicistic writings absorb language novelties faster and in greater amount than fiction or scholarly works, thus better reflecting the present-day state of the language. The field data could be a more reliable source of material but field work is currently hindered because of the epidemic situation. The author decided not to use the online corpora, which are way bigger than the manually collected ones (and this is certainly their great advantage) because it was necessary to compare texts similar in subject and volume, and written approximately at the same period of time. It is not always technically feasible to restrict the field of search in the online corpora, which makes it difficult to compare the obtained results for the two languages. Results. The collected data shows that in the Mongolian newspaper articles the plurality markers are used about 3,5 times as frequently as in the Buryat ones. Along with it, Middle Mongolian plurality markers are known to have been used about four times as frequently as in Modern Mongolian. In the conclusion the author poses questions for further study which arose after obtaining the quantitative data.

scholarly journals Using Digital Newspaper as Creative Learning Media to Boost Students’ Higher Thinking Skills

DEIKSIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Helda Jolanda Pentury ◽  
Anastasia Dewi Anggraeni
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Academic Environments ◽  
Online Newspaper ◽  
Creative Learning ◽  
Creative Media ◽  
Digital Newspaper

<p class="8Abstractcontent">Through creative pedagogical application currently, the concepts of pedagogical strategy which are more technologically oriented than they used to be, transform education into a way where creative and innovative students’ perspectives and motivation are nurtured. Digital Newspaper concept of alignment, which expresses from social science and humanity has been developed useful in creating innovative and skillful academic environments, as it apply to integrate learning with cognitive, kinesthetic, technological, and social-culture aspects learning form.  The research conducted by observing students' projects and reveals the way they identify, classify, analyze and create creative learning from the topics of Jakarta Post online content as a learning media. The result of this study shows that using this media which has various current materials can increase students’ higher thinking critically, creatively and innovatively in English language learning. We recommend that in future research, researchers use more online newspaper which is more engaging with the real-world and give positive impact to boost students’ high order thinking skills to solve the problem, to analyze, and to make decisions in their English language performances.</p><p> </p><p class="9Keywords"><strong>Keywords:</strong> Creative Media, Language Skills, Thinking Skills</p>

scholarly journals Family veto in organ donation in Canada: framing within English-language newspaper articles

CMAJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. E768-E772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha J. Anthony ◽  
Maeghan Toews ◽  
Timothy Caulfield ◽  
Linda Wright
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Newspaper Articles

Spotlight on Athletes with a Disability: Malaysian Newspaper Coverage of the 2012 London Paralympic Games

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadeera Phaik Geok Cheong ◽  
Selina Khoo ◽  
Rizal Razman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Paralympic Games ◽  
Newspaper Articles

This study analyzed newspaper coverage of the 2012 London Paralympic Games by 8 Malaysian newspapers. Articles and photographs from 4 English-language and 4 Malay-language newspapers were examined from August 28 (1 day before the Games) to September 10, 2012 (1 day after the Games closing). Tables, graphs, letters, fact boxes, and lists of events were excluded from analysis. A total of 132 articles and 131 photographs were analyzed. Content analysis of the newspaper articles revealed that most (62.8%) of the articles contained positive reference to the athletes with a disability. There were equal numbers (39.1%) of action and static shots of athletes. More articles and photographs of Malaysian (58%) than non-Malaysian (42%) athletes with a disability were identified. Only 14.9% of the articles and photographs were related to female athletes with a disability.

scholarly journals The Gender of COVID-19 Experts in Newspaper Articles: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Fletcher ◽  
Moss Bruton Joe ◽  
Santanna Hernandez ◽  
Inka Toman ◽  
Tyrone Harrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
English Language ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Expert Sources ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Multiple Experts ◽  
Newspaper Articles

Abstract Background: Pre-existing gender-based disparities in academia may have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is anecdotal and peer-reviewed evidence that women in academia have been underrepresented in prestigious, pandemic-related opportunities. Being citated as an expert source in newspaper articles about COVID-19 may increase an individual's research or leadership profile. In addition, visibility in a newspaper article is an important component of representation in academia. Objective: We sought to determine whether women were underrepresented as COVID-19 expert sources in print newspapers in the United States. Design: We undertook a cross-sectional study of English-language newspaper articles that addressed the COVID-19 pandemic that were published in the top ten most widely read newspapers in the United States between Apr 1 and Apr 15, 2020. Main Measures: We extracted the names of all people cited as expert sources and categorized each expert sources as men, women, or another gender based on pronoun usage within the article or on a business, university, or organization website. Key Results: Of 2,297 expert sources identified, 35.9% (95% CI 33.9-37.8%; n=824) were women, 63.7% were men (95% CI 61.8-65.7%; n=1,464) and for 0.4%, gender could not be assigned (n=9). After removing duplicate experts, 1,738 unique individuals were cited, of which 34.6% were women (95% CI 32.3-36.8%; n=601), 64.9% were men (95% CI 62.7-67.1%; n=1,128), and 0.05% whose gender was unknown (n=9). Of articles with multiple experts referenced (n=374), 102 cited only men experts (27.3%) and 44 cited only women experts (11.8%).Conclusions: Altogether, this result supports that men are overrepresented compared to women as COVID-19 experts in newspaper articles.

scholarly journals Discourse Markers in Arabic and English Newspaper Articles: The Case of the Arabic Lakin and its English equivalent But

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haroon Nasser Alsager ◽  
Naeem Afzal ◽  
Arwa Abdulaziz Aldawood
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Discourse Markers ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Newspaper Articles

Discourse markers, as words or phrases, play a significant role in promoting coherent segments of discourse. This paper investigates the use of discourse markers (DMs) in newspaper articles. By applying Fraser’s framework, this study aims at investigating the functions and positions of DM but (English) and its equivalent lakin (Arabic) in newspaper articles written by native and non-native speakers of English and Saudi and Egyptian speakers of Arabic. It also highlights the similarities and differences in the functions and positions of DMs but and lakin. This quantitative study adopts a corpus-based approach. The data consist of articles collected from 12 newspapers categorized as: Arabic language newspapers published in Saudi Arabia (Alriyadh, Al Jazirah, Al-Hayat) and Egypt (Al-Ahram, Al-Gomhuria, Eltahrir) and English language newspapers published in Saudi Arabia (Arab News, Saudi Gazette, Asharq Al-Awsat) and the USA (Washington Post, The New York Times, USA TODAY). Findings demonstrate, first, that DM but is used frequently as a confirmation or addition marker by both native and non-native speakers. However, second, lakin, functions as the primary correction DM in standard Arabic. Moreover, third, the native Arabic speakers mostly share the same functions of using lakin despite different dialects they have. This study also reveals that lakin can be found only in the medial position, whereas, but is found in the initial and medial position. It concludes that DMs but and lakin evidence that functions of DMs proposed by Fraser are universal and they could be generalized.

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