scholarly journals The Role of Syntactic Expressive Means in the English Language Economic Mass Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Olga Dzhagatspanyan ◽  
Svetlana Orlova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Economic Report ◽  
Rhetorical Question ◽  
Economic Discourse ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Oral Speech ◽  
Media Reports

This article studies expressive syntax as a type of stylistic devices and illustrates its use in publicistic style economic oral and written media reports. The relevance of the research is that syntactic expressive means have not been thoroughly studied and analyzed in economic mass media. The work aims to identify the techniques that apply syntactic expressive means to evoke emotiveness in economic media reports. This article also addresses the recurrence of usage of expressive syntax in written and oral speech involving economic discourse. Using the method of text analysis on the bases of theoretical linguistic statements evaluating functional style, media stylistics, and stylistic devices in the English language, we determined the diverse usage of expressive syntax in both videocasting and written articles. From analyzed syntactic expressive means, we identified the frequency and common usage of such syntactic expressive means as rhetorical question and simple repetition in oral and written reports. The sample analysis indicated that a paragraph in any economic report might restrain more than one occurrence of expressive syntax; these carry a manipulative function through psychological phenomena represented via syntactic expressive means.

Opinion Research and Publicness: (Meinungsforschung und Öffentlichkeit)

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodor W. Adorno ◽  
Andrew J. Perrin ◽  
Lars Jarkko
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
American Academy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Translation ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Sociological Practice

We present a short introduction to, and the first English language translation of, Theodor W. Adorno's 1964 article, “Meinungsforschung und Öffentlichkeit.” In this article, Adorno situates the misunderstanding of public opinion within a dialectic of elements of publicness itself: empirical publicness' dependence on a normative ideology of publicness, and modern publicness' tendency to undermine its own principles. He also locates it in the dual role of mass media as both fora for the expression of opinion and, as he calls them, ‘organs of public opinion.’ The introduction provides a discussion of Adorno's reception in the American academy, arguing that contemporary sociological practice should be concerned with the problems Adorno raises. We suggest that Adorno's relegation to the fields of philosophy and aesthetics belies his relevance to empirical sociological research.

scholarly journals THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSLATION OF THE ENGLISH PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN BRITISH MASS-MEDIA'S RESOURCES

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ілля Voitsikhovskyi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
English Translation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Daily Mail ◽  
Full Disclosure ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Guardian

The subject of study is the analysis of English translation, that are used in mass media, into Ukrainian language. It is found that the phraseology is a specific polyhedral science that requires different and multilateral approaches in order to full disclosure of the considered topic. An attempt is made to investigate the peculiarities of the translation of phraseological compounds in the English-language press, based on the well-known British media sources: "The Guardian", "The Times", "Daily Mail", "Daily Express". In the master's study, the role of phraseological units, used in English-language newspapers, is analyzed, and their meanings are clarified, the functions, performed by them, are revealed. The investigation upon the problem of the analysis all the difficulties with the translation idioms from English to Ukrainian reveals that this problem does not lose its actuality nowadays. The purpose of the study is to diagnose and characterize the peculiarities of the translation into Ukrainian of phraseological units that are inherited to the modern English language and are used in British media resources.

Cognitive script experiment In the worldview of literary text (based on Douglas Adams’ novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the galaxy”)

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
D.A. Kozhanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Discourse Markers ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
World Picture ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Cognitive Scripts ◽  
Scientific Worldview

The article analyses the cognitive mechanisms of interpretation of the literary text viewed in the context of discourse interaction. As the article shows, being the elements of discourse, the cognitive structures determine the procedures of interpretation of the literary text. Viewed from the cognitive aspect, such interpretation consists in constituting new cognitive images in the reader’s mind on the basis of various discourse markers (scientific terms, syntactic patterns, etc.). The article demonstrates on the material of the English language the role of cognitive scripts, belonging to the scientific worldview, in arranging the plot of the literary text. The phenomenon of interpretation finds its manifestation in filling in the slots of the cognitive script in the process of reading the text. Considering the semantic potential of scientific discourse markers, the author reveals the influence of the scientific worldview on the literary world picture. The analysis of text fragments enables the author to conclude that the study of discourse interaction can prove useful in text analysis as it may help revealing the specificity of an author’s idiostyle and a reader’s interpretation of the text.

scholarly journals MAIN FOCUSES OF ENGLISH PAPERS OF ANNALS (PAAAE) DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS

2019 ◽  
Vol XXI (3) ◽  
pp. 470-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
István Takács ◽  
Katalin Takács-György
Keyword(s):  
Text Mining ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Scientific Journal ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
R Language ◽  
Pdf Format ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
Hierarchic Cluster Analysis

The aim of the research is to analyze English language scientific articles that have been published in the scientific journal entitled Annals PAAAE from 2009 to 2018 by using tools of text mining and text analysis, measuring how the frequency of key terms has changed, and to conclude the probable change of research focus of authors based on it. The subjects of the research are 393 English language articles that have been issued in the volumes of Annals PAAAE (Polish title is Roczniki Naukowe SERiA) from 2009 to 2018 (from Vol. 11 to Vol. 20), which are ready to download in pdf format on the website of the publishing house. Text mining and text analysis were conducted using own self-adapted routines of samples written in the R language programme. At the hierarchic cluster analysis, the Ward D method was used, and the association of frequency of terms was measured using Pearson’s correlation. It was found that the weight of research concerning the context of the product-production-market has increased, but there was low usage of the term “competitiveness”. What was of key significance was that in the case of clustering articles by author nationality, the role of the origin of the author has decreased as a determinant factor, which could suggest the uniformity of terminology as well as similarity of research topics and the researcher’s interests, which can initialize cooperation and common research. The growth of the number of articles elaborated on by international teams is also a projection of this tendency.

scholarly journals THE SPEECH INFLUENCING POTENTIAL OF MASS MEDIA: THE ROLE OF PAUSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-269
Author(s):  
S.V. Moscheva
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Speech Production ◽  
Selection Method ◽  
Continuous Selection ◽  
Complex Phenomenon ◽  
Functional Characteristics ◽  
Oral Speech ◽  
Auditory Analysis

This article involved is devoted to the peculiarities of an advertising prosodic organization. The most actively used types of pauses and their role in the formation and perception of a suggestive discourse have been revealed on an auditory analysis basis. Attention is paid to an utterance meaning deformation as a result of incorrect pause usage. When studying the functional characteristics of the pause the author considers it as a means of emotional and willful influence on an addressee. The investigation has been carried out using the author's case of examples assembled by the continuous selection method from English and Russian mass media - radio and TV channels. In conclusion it is emphasized that the pause as a complex phenomenon in oral speech is characterized by an inadvertent or intended stop of the speech production process and it performs communicative, pragmatic and expressive functions.

Tryptophan and depression: can diet alone be the answer?

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nerissa L. Soh ◽  
Garry Walter
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Dietary Manipulation ◽  
Scientific Content ◽  
Plasma Tryptophan ◽  
History Of ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Family History Of Depression ◽  
History Of Depression

Objective: To compare the scientific content of recent general media articles on tryptophan, diet and depression, with recent empirical research into dietary manipulation of tryptophan published in the scientific literature.Method: A review of the recent empirical research into the role of tryptophan in depression, focusing on dietary methods to influence tryptophan levels. In parallel, a review of recent articles in the general English language media regarding tryptophan and mood.Results: Empirical evidence for improving mood through dietary manipulation of tryptophan is lacking, and it is difficult to change plasma tryptophan levels through diet alone. Tryptophan supplementation and depletion studies suggest that altering tryptophan levels may only benefit certain groups of patients who have a personal or family history of depression. Scientific studies also focus on elucidating mechanisms in depression, rather than treating depression by changing tryptophan levels. However, general media articles often recommend diets and foods to increase blood tryptophan levels and raise brain serotonin levels. Such recommendations are not supported by scientific studies.Conclusion: It is very difficult to alter blood tryptophan levels through dietary methods alone, outside of a laboratory or research setting. Only a small number of lay articles provide sound advice, with general media reports on tryptophan often being hyperbolic and misleading. A clinician should be aware of the type of (mis)information a patient may have accessed and have the scientific knowledge to explain the impracticalities of influencing tryptophan levels through diet alone.

Language, employment, and settlement: Temporary meat workers in Australia

Multilingua ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Piller ◽  
Loy Lising
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
English Language ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
And Migration

AbstractAustralia is one of the world’s largest beef exporters. However, meat processing jobs are widely considered undesirable and are increasingly filled with employer-sponsored migrant workers on temporary long-stay visas. Against this background, our paper explores the role of language in the employment and migration trajectories of a group of meat processing workers from the Philippines in a small town in rural Australia. Methodologically, we employ a case study approach combining macro-data from language and migration policy documents and media reports with micro-data from ethnographic fieldwork. We explore the role of language in recruitment, in the workplace, during leisure time, and in gaining permanent residence in Australia. To begin with, language is not a recruitment criterion as the primary visa holder is hired on the basis of a so-called ‘trade test,’ i.e., observed at butchering work in the Philippines by an Australian recruiter. Spouses of the primary visa holder are also issued a temporary visa and are offered unskilled employment in the same plant. Once in Australia, the participants had few opportunities to practice English at work or in the community. In this way, temporary migrants came to Australia with limited English and had limited opportunities to improve their English in the country. However, visa extensions or the conversion of their temporary visa to a permanent residency visa is contingent upon their English language proficiency and only granted if they achieve a score of Level 5 or above on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System). Because of their limited education and limited practice opportunities, this proficiency level was out of the reach of most of our participants. We conclude by arguing that – in a context where

scholarly journals The Meaning of ‘Limited Pluralism’ in Media Reporting under Authoritarian Rule

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Heinrich ◽  
Heiko Pleines
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
The Political ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Country Specific

Research on mass media in authoritarian regimes focuses more on state mechanisms of control than on actual media reporting and on moments of crises much more than on times of stable functioning of the regime. In order to shed more light on the role of journalistic mass media in authoritarian regimes, this article deals with the actual limits of pluralism in media reporting regarding policy issues in ‘ordinary’ authoritarian politics. Looking at pluralism in sources (i.e., actors being quoted) and pluralism in opinion, the article also deals with the often assumed increasing degree of pluralism from TV over print media to the Internet. This study is based on a qualitative content analysis of media reporting on export pipelines in three post-Soviet authoritarian regimes (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan). The text corpus comprises 3,618 media reports from 38 different journalistic media outlets published between 1998 and 2011. Two major results of the study are, first, that concerning the degree of pluralism, the differences between types of media are country specific, and, second, that ‘limited pluralism’ seems to be a misnomer, as the political opposition—at least in our cases—regularly does not have a voice at all.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development Goals and Media Coverage by English Language News Channel Websites in Indian and International Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4S) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Development Goals

Environmental sustainability should be the highest priority of each new generation. A toxic-free future can only be achieved if the goal of environmental sustainability, clean production, improved health and democratic decision making for the entire human race are at the core of policy making. The Brundland Commission established by the World Commission on Environment and Development in year 1987, gave equal value to economic growth, social progress, ecological health, and, in more recent interpretations, cultural and informational sustainability. But, mainstream approaches to green governance of environmental protections are mostly human centred and focus on saving lives, infra structure and heritage from environmental risks. [1] At this juncture, the role of mass media becomes pertinent as it can play a vital role in awakening people about recent trends and developments for protection and preservation of environment and ultimately meeting the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). Where the Mass Media relies on mono-directional communication, the modern media namely social media is more interactive and involves webs of communications. This form of communication is effective in sharing or expressing opinions or even expressing alternate and opposing views on current issues. This emerging form of media is strengthening the role of media as the watchdog for democracy in this era [2]. Considering the role that media websites can play in enhancing the awareness, triggering the discussions and subsequently accelerating public participation in meeting the SDGs, I found the medium of news channel websites more appropriate for this study. This paper analyses the coverage of topic ‘SDGs’ in four leading news channel websites. This is a qualitative analysis to figure out the extent of coverage of the topic ‘SDGs’ both at National and International level through these websites. The secondary literature review method is used for this paper. Content survey of news channel websites and research work through internet are the sources of this study.

Geometric metaphors in English language

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (07) ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
Aynur Afsar Guliyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
English Language ◽  
Geometric Figure ◽  
Economic Discourse ◽  
Figurative Meaning ◽  
Economic Reality ◽  
High Level

The article is devoted to the study of geometric metaphor in the modern English language. Metaphor quite often can be found both in English and in many other languages. Very often metaphors are associated with the letter, but without noticing it, they often use them in everyday speech. The role of a metaphor in the English language is to diversify speech with turns that have a figurative meaning that gives expressiveness to phrases and sentences. To make English speech not only literate, but also beautiful. Metaphors enrich the language and show a high level of language proficiency. Therefore, when learning English, along with everyday vocabulary, idioms, phrasal verbs, it is not out of place to learn some common beautiful metaphors. The geometric metaphor can be considered an important element of the modern English economic discourse and correspondingly communication, thus it obtains a special status in the frame of cognition. It is understood from the research there are a lot of geometric metaphors and is actively used in the cognitive processes of conceptualization and classification of economic reality. Key words: metaphor, geometric figure, geometric metaphor, sentence, figurative meaning

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