美国媒体涉华新闻的多模态论辩话语分析——以CNN一则电视新闻为例

Multimodal Argumentative Discourse Analysis of China-related News Reported by American Media: A Case Study of a CNN News Item

美国媒体的涉华报道一直以来备受我国学者和民众的关注。文章从多模态论辩研究的视角出发,以CNN一则题为"中菲岛屿之争"的涉华电视新闻为例,结合论辩话语分析、语言学研究、修辞研究以及框架分析等相关知识,运用多模态论辩话语分析的方法对其进行分析和论辩重构。通过案例分析和对比研究,文章试图挖掘美国涉华报道借多模态话语进行论证,由此表达观点和立场的话语策略,并对此展开讨论和评价。

China-related news reported by American media has always drawn the attention of Chinese scholars and laymen alike. This paper takes the perspective of multimodal argumentation research and applies the methodology of multimodal argumentative discourse analysis,consisting of argumentation analysis,linguistic research,rhetoric research,framing theory and so on,to the case analysis of a CNN news item titled 'China,Philippines feud over island'. Through a case study and comparative research,this paper tries to find out the discourse strategy such kind of news adopt to convey ideas and standpoints through multimodal discourse.