Pakistani Budget 2013-2014: A Critical Discourse Analysis
| Autor: | Faraz Ali Bughio, Illahi Bux Gopang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of English Language Teaching. 2 |
| ISSN: | 2329-7921 2329-7913 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study is critical discourse analysis of Sindhi, Urdu and English newspaper headlines about Pakistani budget 2013-2014. The selection of newspapers headlines is random purposed from popular newspapers on June 13, 2013. The current study tends to explore the representations of the same news items in local newspapers in different ways which are ideologically contested. In addition, the critical study shows that hidden ideology of newspaper editors whose interest is to arouse public with the formation and use of emotive vocabulary. Furthermore, the linguistic devices of CDA are also the concern of this study. The significance of this study lies in the wording or vocabulary of newspapers which is the best mode of representing ideology. The conclusion of the study points out that newspaper headlines are ideological based representations of budget 2013-2014 of Pakistan. These ideological representations are treated in different ways by different newspaper editors by keeping in mind the society. Along with thematic analysis, the linguistic analysis of headlines indicates that newspapers are concealed with meaningful orientations for the readers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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