Hedging is a communication strategy frequently used by the spokespersons at the press conference.This thesis intends to find out the ideologies hidden behind those hedges under the guidance of Fairclough’s three-dime...Hedging is a communication strategy frequently used by the spokespersons at the press conference.This thesis intends to find out the ideologies hidden behind those hedges under the guidance of Fairclough’s three-dimensional model.As a research method of linguistics,critical discourse analysis(CDA)aims to reveal the the relationship among language,power and ideology hidden behind the language.This thesis adopts Prince’classification criteria of hedges to identify and count the different types of hedges in the research data selected from Chinese and American government websites.The analysis is conducted at the following three steps:description,interpretation and explanation.The first stage is to recognize and count the hedges in two languages,then to find their similarities and differences and the last step is to find possible reasons for those similarities and differences and the ideologies behind the hedges.Analysis results show that differences in culture values and diplomatic ideology contribute to the different ideologies.展开更多
With the spread of the Internet,cyberbullying can a lso be seen in cyberspace.This will not only destroy our network usage environment,but also affect the harmonious development of society.Due to the lack of attention...With the spread of the Internet,cyberbullying can a lso be seen in cyberspace.This will not only destroy our network usage environment,but also affect the harmonious development of society.Due to the lack of attention to the process of cyberbullying,many previous researches have been conducted only in t erms of causes and strategies,and the relationship between cyberbullying and ideology has been overlooked.Therefore,this study collects Tik Tok comments and builds a corpus to study the relationship between cyberbullying and ideology from the perspectiv e of critical discourse analysis.展开更多
Critical discourse analysis(CDA) can help people better understand the subjective view and the hidden ideology in a news discourse. Based on M.A.K. Halliday's theory of transitivity and classification, this essay ...Critical discourse analysis(CDA) can help people better understand the subjective view and the hidden ideology in a news discourse. Based on M.A.K. Halliday's theory of transitivity and classification, this essay analyzes 3 reports from The New York Times and finds that despite how news reports may seem objective, every report contains the author's own opinion he/she tries to convince the readers. Special attention needs to be paid when we come across news discourse and we shouldn't let the hidden ideology in the reports manipulate our own viewpoint toward this world.展开更多
To find out different discourse features of these two different news reports and different ideologies reflected in the these two news reporting,Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis is a...To find out different discourse features of these two different news reports and different ideologies reflected in the these two news reporting,Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis is adopted as the basic theoretical framework.And a contrastive analysis of news reports concerned with Huang Yan Island dispute from Reuters and Xinhua is carried out.The data of this article is collected from the official website of Reuters and Xinhua respectively,including one news report on Huang Yan island dispute from Reuters and two news reports from Xinhua.By comparing and analyzing the news resources reporting mode,the hidden political,historical and cultural ideologies behind the news discourse can be exposed.And Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis is an useful tool for interpreting the news reports to explore the hidden ideology.展开更多
Critical discourse analysis studies the relations between discourse,power,dominance,etc.and the position of the analyst.News report,which is a sociopolitical and official discourse,is often greatly affected by power o...Critical discourse analysis studies the relations between discourse,power,dominance,etc.and the position of the analyst.News report,which is a sociopolitical and official discourse,is often greatly affected by power or dominant ideologies and it affects people’s ideologies and attitudes.The comparative study of two pieces of news report on the same event respectively from China Daily and Times New York shows that ideology and power relationship are hidden in the public discourses and serve their purpose of forming people’s ideology.展开更多
Critical Metaphor Analysis is a new method of critical discourse analysis. It aims at revealing attitudes, believes, emotions and ideologies of a specific group by comprehensively adopting the knowledge of corpus ling...Critical Metaphor Analysis is a new method of critical discourse analysis. It aims at revealing attitudes, believes, emotions and ideologies of a specific group by comprehensively adopting the knowledge of corpus linguistics, pragmatics and cognitive linguistics. This paper selects three pieces of news about the relevant topic from China Daily, the Wall Street Journal and the London Evening Standard. Based on Charteris-Black's Critical Metaphor Analysis Theory, it systematically studies the metaphors in the three pieces of news, trying to figure out the ideologies behind the words.展开更多
With the advent of Internet age,the audience can enjoy more"autonomy"from the internet than from other media.In consequence,it is said that people can keep"clear-minded"before Netnews,and ideology ...With the advent of Internet age,the audience can enjoy more"autonomy"from the internet than from other media.In consequence,it is said that people can keep"clear-minded"before Netnews,and ideology has been weakened and will even disappear in Netnews. However,from a textual perspective,ideology has been strengthened rather than weakened in Netnews.展开更多
Critical Discourse Analysis is used to analyze interviews or TV talk shows, in which one or more persons discuss different topics put forward by a host or other participants. This paper, through the transitivity syste...Critical Discourse Analysis is used to analyze interviews or TV talk shows, in which one or more persons discuss different topics put forward by a host or other participants. This paper, through the transitivity system, presents a critical discourse analysis of "Great Minds Meet"—Yang Lan One-on-One about G20, a talk show on Zhejiang TV of China in 2016. It verifies the applicability and feasibility of the transitivity system in decoding the speakers' ideological positions and their power relationship. Based on the analysis of six types of processes, this paper reveals:(1) the linguistic choices made by the interviewee Kim Yong present his optimistic attitude towards the main topics in this TV talk show;(2) the interviewee has a strong power in facilitating this show;(3) an atmosphere of harmony among all speakers is maintained constantly.展开更多
From the perspective of social semiotics,gender terms are important signs for meaning making in society,in that they not only reflect social norms regarding different genders,but also play an important role in the for...From the perspective of social semiotics,gender terms are important signs for meaning making in society,in that they not only reflect social norms regarding different genders,but also play an important role in the formation of a range of other equally important semiotic notions.This article studies the gender ideology as reflected in the definitions of a number of headwords in the 7th edition of Contemporary Chinese Dictionary(CCD7).The analyses reveal that CCD7’s definitions serve to construct gender and marriage norms in accordance with the prevalent gender ideology of the society.Based on a binary view of gender,CCD7 constructs a normal-abnormal continuum,which defines heterosexual relationships and heterosexual marriages as the social norms.This study regards the act of defining as a social semiotic process under the influence of the prevailing ideology,and reaffirms the status of gender terms as a significant shaping force in social semiotics.展开更多
This paper analyzes Coca-Cola advertising under Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework in the hope that consumers can better understand ideology behind advertising discourse.It reveals that Coca-Cola Company tries ...This paper analyzes Coca-Cola advertising under Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework in the hope that consumers can better understand ideology behind advertising discourse.It reveals that Coca-Cola Company tries to construct pop cultures in its advertising discourse,in order to get recognition from its consumers.In turn,it contributes to the construction of the pop culture among the younger generation.展开更多
文摘Hedging is a communication strategy frequently used by the spokespersons at the press conference.This thesis intends to find out the ideologies hidden behind those hedges under the guidance of Fairclough’s three-dimensional model.As a research method of linguistics,critical discourse analysis(CDA)aims to reveal the the relationship among language,power and ideology hidden behind the language.This thesis adopts Prince’classification criteria of hedges to identify and count the different types of hedges in the research data selected from Chinese and American government websites.The analysis is conducted at the following three steps:description,interpretation and explanation.The first stage is to recognize and count the hedges in two languages,then to find their similarities and differences and the last step is to find possible reasons for those similarities and differences and the ideologies behind the hedges.Analysis results show that differences in culture values and diplomatic ideology contribute to the different ideologies.
文摘With the spread of the Internet,cyberbullying can a lso be seen in cyberspace.This will not only destroy our network usage environment,but also affect the harmonious development of society.Due to the lack of attention to the process of cyberbullying,many previous researches have been conducted only in t erms of causes and strategies,and the relationship between cyberbullying and ideology has been overlooked.Therefore,this study collects Tik Tok comments and builds a corpus to study the relationship between cyberbullying and ideology from the perspectiv e of critical discourse analysis.
文摘Critical discourse analysis(CDA) can help people better understand the subjective view and the hidden ideology in a news discourse. Based on M.A.K. Halliday's theory of transitivity and classification, this essay analyzes 3 reports from The New York Times and finds that despite how news reports may seem objective, every report contains the author's own opinion he/she tries to convince the readers. Special attention needs to be paid when we come across news discourse and we shouldn't let the hidden ideology in the reports manipulate our own viewpoint toward this world.
文摘To find out different discourse features of these two different news reports and different ideologies reflected in the these two news reporting,Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis is adopted as the basic theoretical framework.And a contrastive analysis of news reports concerned with Huang Yan Island dispute from Reuters and Xinhua is carried out.The data of this article is collected from the official website of Reuters and Xinhua respectively,including one news report on Huang Yan island dispute from Reuters and two news reports from Xinhua.By comparing and analyzing the news resources reporting mode,the hidden political,historical and cultural ideologies behind the news discourse can be exposed.And Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis is an useful tool for interpreting the news reports to explore the hidden ideology.
文摘Critical discourse analysis studies the relations between discourse,power,dominance,etc.and the position of the analyst.News report,which is a sociopolitical and official discourse,is often greatly affected by power or dominant ideologies and it affects people’s ideologies and attitudes.The comparative study of two pieces of news report on the same event respectively from China Daily and Times New York shows that ideology and power relationship are hidden in the public discourses and serve their purpose of forming people’s ideology.
文摘Critical Metaphor Analysis is a new method of critical discourse analysis. It aims at revealing attitudes, believes, emotions and ideologies of a specific group by comprehensively adopting the knowledge of corpus linguistics, pragmatics and cognitive linguistics. This paper selects three pieces of news about the relevant topic from China Daily, the Wall Street Journal and the London Evening Standard. Based on Charteris-Black's Critical Metaphor Analysis Theory, it systematically studies the metaphors in the three pieces of news, trying to figure out the ideologies behind the words.
文摘With the advent of Internet age,the audience can enjoy more"autonomy"from the internet than from other media.In consequence,it is said that people can keep"clear-minded"before Netnews,and ideology has been weakened and will even disappear in Netnews. However,from a textual perspective,ideology has been strengthened rather than weakened in Netnews.
文摘Critical Discourse Analysis is used to analyze interviews or TV talk shows, in which one or more persons discuss different topics put forward by a host or other participants. This paper, through the transitivity system, presents a critical discourse analysis of "Great Minds Meet"—Yang Lan One-on-One about G20, a talk show on Zhejiang TV of China in 2016. It verifies the applicability and feasibility of the transitivity system in decoding the speakers' ideological positions and their power relationship. Based on the analysis of six types of processes, this paper reveals:(1) the linguistic choices made by the interviewee Kim Yong present his optimistic attitude towards the main topics in this TV talk show;(2) the interviewee has a strong power in facilitating this show;(3) an atmosphere of harmony among all speakers is maintained constantly.
文摘From the perspective of social semiotics,gender terms are important signs for meaning making in society,in that they not only reflect social norms regarding different genders,but also play an important role in the formation of a range of other equally important semiotic notions.This article studies the gender ideology as reflected in the definitions of a number of headwords in the 7th edition of Contemporary Chinese Dictionary(CCD7).The analyses reveal that CCD7’s definitions serve to construct gender and marriage norms in accordance with the prevalent gender ideology of the society.Based on a binary view of gender,CCD7 constructs a normal-abnormal continuum,which defines heterosexual relationships and heterosexual marriages as the social norms.This study regards the act of defining as a social semiotic process under the influence of the prevailing ideology,and reaffirms the status of gender terms as a significant shaping force in social semiotics.
文摘This paper analyzes Coca-Cola advertising under Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework in the hope that consumers can better understand ideology behind advertising discourse.It reveals that Coca-Cola Company tries to construct pop cultures in its advertising discourse,in order to get recognition from its consumers.In turn,it contributes to the construction of the pop culture among the younger generation.
