scholarly journals COVID-19 Lexicon in English News Reports Based on the Theory of Semantic Field

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 202-206
Author(s):  
Mengxi Wu
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Field ◽  
Daily Newspaper ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Structural Linguistics ◽  
China Daily

Coronavirus disease, or simply COVID-19, has affected many regions worldwide. The pandemic has caused great losses from all walks of life. Millions of people have died from the virus. In order to facilitate people’s understanding of COVID-19, the present study adopts the theory of semantic field to analyze the COVID-19 lexicon that appeared in China Daily, an authoritative international daily newspaper issued by China. A total of 100 pieces of English news issued by China Daily have been randomly selected for this research. According to the theory of semantic field in structural linguistics, the meaning of a word cannot stand alone, but come into being with the meanings of its related words. Therefore, it is reasonable to try to understand COVID-19 as thoroughly as possible with relevant words, which form its semantic field.

scholarly journals A Study of Pragmatic Functions of Fuzziness in News Reports from the Perspective of Adaptation Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Yun Lian
Keyword(s):  
Adaptation Theory ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
News Reports ◽  
China Daily

Accuracy is one of the biggest features of news reports, but in fact, we often note that news reports will use a lot of fuzziness, which plays an important role in these news reports. Grounded on Verschueren’s adaptation theory, mainly choosing the representative news reports of China Daily and USATODAY as an example, this paper analyzes the pragmatic functions of fuzziness in news reports and illustrates the rationality of fuzziness in theses news reports and reveals that appropriate use of fuzziness in news reports is conductive to the rigor and accuracy of news reports.

A contrastive analysis of reports on North Korea’s missile program

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 646-665
Author(s):  
Weishan Liang
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Attribution Of Blame ◽  
Rising China ◽  
Missile Test ◽  
China Daily ◽  
The U.S

Abstract The paper compares the representation of the November 2017 missile test in news reports by The New York Times and China Daily. The U.S. reports embody to some extent a Cold War mindset by tending to internationalize the issue and make itself appear as a victim of the crisis. Through the attribution of blame, the U.S. seeks to evade its responsibilities and maintain its hegemonic status. The Chinese reports intimate that the crisis is mainly a problem between the U.S. and the Korean Peninsula. These reports tend to present China as a responsible stakeholder seeking to help solve the issue through communication and dialogue. The analysis of these differences is informed theoretically by perceived differences in culture. The paper concludes that the discourse patterns of these reports index a rising China and a shift in the balance of power in international politics.

scholarly journals PENGGUNAAN KONJUNGSI DALAM WACANA KRIMINAL KOLOM BORGOL DI SURAT KABAR RAKYAT BENGKULU EDISI NOVEMBER—DESEMBER 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Dina Ariyanti ◽  
Iming Fentaria
Keyword(s):  
Word Formation ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Daily Newspaper ◽  
Taxable Income ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Conjunction Errors ◽  
People’S Daily ◽  
People's Daily ◽  
Relationship Of

Abstract. Commonly used in a variety of language news reports hearts: journals, electronic media (TV, radio) and print media (magazines, newspapers). Language presents news Facts Operates Whole And Objective. Media Under The written language used variety is characterized WITH accuracy using the Spelling and punctuation (CAN symbolizes Right Operative intonation), vocabulary, grammar USE hearts of word formation, formulation of sentences, paragraphs, and Discourse. Variety Singer stressed USE standard variety, Spelling (EYD) The raw, raw Yang vocabulary, form of the word berimbuhan, And The Complete Operating grammatical sentence. Thus Article Search Google, hearts using conjunctions also Also CAN WITH Good note that preparation was clear sentences and paragraphs Being. Conjunction serves to review the sentence linking Parts OR sentence Which One other sentence hearts WITH A Discourse. Objective, ie to get description review USE Conjunction Errors hearts Discourse Crime Handcuffs column in People's Daily Newspaper Bengkulu --23 December edition of 23 November 2016. The method used is descriptive Singer Research hearts. Singer Research hearts descriptive method is used to get the description of USE conjunctions review hearts Column handcuffs criminal discourse in Bengkulu People's Daily Newspaper. Forms USE Conjunction Coordinating IN Daily Newspapers Rakyat Bengkulu: based on analysis of the data shows that the USE conjunction coordinative which was used in the newspaper People's Daily Bengkulu IN Discourse criminal Column handcuffs From 23 As of November December 23, 2016 the use of conjunctions: And, And, OR, but, but, but, meanwhile. Forms USE IN correlative conjunctions People's Daily Newspaper Bengkulu: correlative conjunctions are not found Discourse hearts column criminal handcuffs ON newspaper People's Daily Bengkulu From 23 December 23, 2016. As of November forms of subordinating conjunctions USE IN Peoples Daily Newspaper Bengkulu: conjunctions suborinatif consisting Of Three twelve KIND, based on analysis of data on differences, conjunctions used hearts newspaper People's daily Bengkulu From 23 November until December 23, 2016 are: (1) Relationship time: since when, wHILE, Serta, taxable income, BEFORE, Up, (2) Relationship Requirements: IF, If (3) Relationship supposition: can not be found, (4) Relationship goal: to be, (5) Relationship konsesif: although, (6) Relationship of comparison: as, as, as (7) The relationship causes : causes, bECAUSE (8) Relationship findings: thus, Up, so, (9) Relationship tool: BY, Without, (10) Relationship Method: BY, Without, (11) Relationship complementation: b ahwa, (12) Relationship attributive: Yang (13) Relationship COMPARISON: not found. Conjunction shape Antarkalimat USE IN Peoples Daily Newspaper Bengkulu: conjunctions between sentences singer found its use are: then, taxable income, then, in addition to, in fact, but, but. Keywords: Conjunction, Newspapers

scholarly journals A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis of News Reports on the COVID-19 Pandemic in China and the UK

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Hangyan Yu ◽  
Huiling Lu ◽  
Jie Hu
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Ideological Differences ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
China Daily

Media, as important windows for the public to get to know timely information, play a vital role in influencing citizens’ attitudes as well as behaviors. From 2019, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a global health emergency, has aroused great concern of the international community, including media. Varied in cultural context, political stand, and people’s ideology, however, media in different countries reported the COVID-19 dissimilarly. According to Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis (CDA) model, it is posited that the discrepancies in the reports of the COVID-19 can reflect ideological differences and have explanatory power in the development of the COVID-19 in distinct countries. Based on this premise, by utilizing the database analysis software AntConc 3.2.4w on self-built corpora, this study analyzed the news reports of different stages on the COVID-19 in China and the UK, i.e., in China Daily and The Guardian, respectively, and attempted to reveal the discourse characteristics in the two media, together with the discussion on their possible relations to the pandemic-controlling practices. The corpus-based analysis showed that China Daily used more objective and neutral words in the descriptions of the COVID-19 and expressed more active attitudes in fighting against the epidemic, whereas The Guardian used more negative words in describing the pandemic and words with weak restricting force when reporting policies concerning the control and prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the comparison between the discourse before and after the lockdown demonstrated that the descriptions of the COVID-19 in the UK media transformed into a more objective and neutral one than before with an increased use of expressions of restriction and social conflicts. The same comparison in the discourse of China Daily found that words about sharing experience and promoting cooperation augmented noticeably. The above-mentioned findings were also discussed together with these two countries’ domestic epidemic situations and ideological differences, respectively.

scholarly journals Economic Press Coverage in the UAE. Study of Content Analysis of Daily Economic Supplement Al-Etihad Newspaper 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryadh Ben Amor ◽  
Mohammed Fathi Ramadan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Daily Newspaper ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Economic News ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Media ◽  
Economic Press

The study covered economic news coverage in its different forms (news, reports, press interviews, articles, etc.) of the economic supplement of the UAE daily newspaper Al Etihad by studying a random sample of the daily economic supplement in November 2018. The study focused on several types of the journalistic forms published by the mentioned annex, and the extent of economic and development coverage of this supplement to other forms such as the publication of studies or economic analysis or the use of the investigative press with all its outputs to serve this coverage to satisfy the growing needs of readers interested in economic issues that are of interest to large numbers of readers nowadays. The study also examined the economic news forms on which the editorial policy focuses on the appendix, as well as the different sources from which the issuers of the appendix draw this information and organize these sources according to certain criteria such as relevance, credibility, inclusiveness and others. This is to know the percentage of ready-made news (negative) and news produced by the newspaper staff (positive) and news from public institutions that the newspaper works to support and reformulate it (positive / negative). The researcher relied on the methodology of the media survey and the content analysis tool for seven economic supplements for the newspaper mentioned (days 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 26/11/2018). The study included three axes, one devoted to the theoretical framework and the second to the methodological framework. The third axis was devoted to the analytical study.

scholarly journals An Analysis of English News Reports from the Perspective of Graduation

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1634
Author(s):  
Congcong Fan
Keyword(s):  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
News Reports ◽  
China Daily

As we all know, News is the main way to convey information, so the news reports should be fair, objective and neutral. Any newspaper and magazine serve the specific classes and groups, thus its reports necessarily reflect certain attitudes and positions. Based on Martin's Appraisal Theory, this paper analyzes ten news reports from China Daily from the perspective of Graduation. Graduation is a sub-system of Appraisal Theory. Its function is to adjust the attitude and the intensity of intervention, focusing on the typicality of the category. This article aims to reveal the ideology hidden behind objective words and the function of naturalizing value positions, which can help readers to improve their critical reading consciousness.

THE STUDY OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES IN CHINA DAILY NEWSPAPER

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
Ni Luh Satya Prabawati ◽  
I Gusti Bagus Wahyu Nugraha Putra ◽  
I Wayan Sidha Karya
Keyword(s):  
Relative Clause ◽  
Subordinate Clause ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Daily Newspaper ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Subordinate Clauses ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Complement Clause ◽  
Adverbial Clause ◽  
China Daily

Learning about subordinate clause it gives the understandings of the fuller descriptions of the main clause. This study aimed to find out the types of subordinate clause in complex sentences found in China Daily Newspaper. The data was collected through library research. This study used qualitative analysis method to describe and analysis the data found. The theory proposed by Miller (2002) is used to analyze the types of subordinate clause in complex sentences. The data analysis was presented through formal and informal method. Based on the result, there were three types of subordinate clause found in China daily Newspaper, namely relative clause, adverbial clause, and complement clause. This research found 61 subordinate clauses of complex sentences. Among the three types of subordinate clause, Relative clause is the most frequently found as modifier which 32 data or 52% and followed by Adverbial clause which 20 data or 33%. While the least frequently found is Complement clause which 9 data or 15%.

Divergent news representations of Lien Chan’s visit to China

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-198
Author(s):  
Honglei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Semantic Category ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
China Post ◽  
Word Frequencies ◽  
China Daily

By combining the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach with the corpus linguistic method, this study compares the lexical choices employed by two English newspapers, i.e. the China Daily (CD) and the China Post (CP), in their coverage of Taiwan’s KMT (Kuomintang) Chairman Lien Chan’s visit to China in April 2005. The comparative analysis of the two corpora of news reports is conducted at three levels: word frequencies, part-of-speech (POS) frequencies and semantic category frequencies. The paper argues that the differences in the news representation of Lien’s visit are attributed to the different socio-political functions performed by these two newspapers: while the CD depicts the event as a momentous one that has received nation-wide plaudits in order to echo faithfully China’s policy of peaceful reunification, the CP presents a more comprehensive picture of the event in that it also reports in detail some incidents, including violent protests, triggered by Lien’s visit that has great impact on the domestic social life of Taiwan.

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