美國報紙對四川地震一周年報道的批評話語分析.pdf

1、河北師范大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文美國報紙對四川地震一周年報道的批評話語分析姓名：劉春姣申請學(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：唐麗萍20100401IVAbstract Critical Discourse Analysis (hereafter CDA) is a type of discourse analytical research which is used to analyze all the genres of discou

2、rses such as novels, lyrics, academic writings and mass media discourses. Nowadays, more and more scholars and researchers pay attention to this field to reveal the relationship between language and ideologies which are

3、hidden behind language by analyzing the public discourses. Within the framework of CDA, the present research attempts to use transitivity system and passivisation as the analytical tools to study the news discourses on S

4、ichuan earthquake anniversary in American newspapers. It aims to investigate how the language is used to manifest the world and the reality, and explore the ideas, values and ideologies which are embedded in the news rep

5、orts. The present thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the purposes, significance and methodology of the present research briefly. Chapter 2 presents a brief review of the former researches of the criti

6、cal discourse analysis, and the previous critical studies on news discourses both abroad and at home. Chapter 3 proposes a model for undertaking CDA on American newspapers about Sichuan earthquake anniversary based on Ha

7、lliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar. In this chapter, transitivity system and passivisation are as the analytical tools to be discussed. The headlines and bodies of the news discourses are analyzed by the two analytical

8、 tools in Chapter 4. And the relationships between news discourse and the hidden ideology is revealed. Chapter 5 concludes the present thesis. The questions which are raised in the first chapter are answered in this chap

9、ter. The present researcher summarized the major findings and implications of the study. Besides, the limitations and suggestions for the further research are pointed out in this chapter. It is obtained after research t

10、hat although news discourses are considered as being neutral and object, they still have values and ideologies hidden in the language. From the news on Sichuan earthquake anniversary in American newspapers, it is found t

11、hat though there is no language bearing the negative evaluation directly, the American reporters use all different linguistic forms and means such as transitivity and passivization to construe a relatively negative image

12、 of China, insinuate the negative effects that brought by Chinese government in the earthquake rescue, and imply the criticism on Chinese Human Rights. Key Words: critical discourse analysis; Sichuan earthquake annivers