《人民日报》新冠肺炎疫情报道的批评话语分析

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Reports on COVID-19 Epidemic in People’s Daily

文章将《人民日报》作为语料来源,自建疫情报道语料库,对疫情报道进行了基于语料库的批评话语分析。研究发现,疫情报道的焦点信息集中在疫情本身、疫情应对、疫情影响、疫情相关地点人物以及时间等方面;焦点信息的呈现借助了四种话语策略,分别是自述与他述相结合、列举实例、利用修辞手法,以及对正能量的弘扬;焦点信息的呈现方式意在彰显伟大抗疫精神。《人民日报》对疫情进行的相关报道充满了积极健康向上的内容,这有利于人民安全,社会稳定,以及国家和谐。

This paper extracts news reports on COVID-19 epidemic from People’s Daily and builds a News Corpus.Based on this corpus,a Critical Discourse Analysis is made on the focal information of the news reports on COVID-19 epidemic.The result shows that:there are mainly 6 kinds of focal information of the news reports,including the information about the epidemic itself,about the epidemic response,about the epidemic influence,about the related place,about the related people,and about the related time;the focal information of the news reports is represented by means of 4 discourse strategies,including the combination of self statements and others statements,enumerating examples,employing rhetoric,and promoting positive energy;the focal information aims to emphasize China’s great spirit of combating the COVID-19 epidemic.The news reports on COVID-19 epidemic from People’s Daily convey positive meanings to people,which is beneficial to the safety of people,the stability of the society,and the harmony of the country.