A Critical Discourse Study on the Metaphors of the Arab Spring in the News Representations

• 발행기관: 한국사회언어학회
• 저자명: Soa Seo
• 간행물 정보: 『사회언어학』제27권 4호, 141~165쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.12.31

영문 초록

News media discourses almost inevitably reflect their social and national context. A useful text case of this may be demonstrated with a critical analysis of the discursive patterns of metaphors in accounts of the social phenomenon known as the Arab Spring. In order to analyze those patterns, this paper uses data collected from online articles in the British national daily newspaper, The Guardian and the English version of the Chinese national daily newspaper, The People s Daily. The results demonstrate how the different ideological contexts of the two national newspapers are affirmed and reinforced in the discursive choices of metaphors on the Arab Spring. These results also reveal the newspapers discursive strategy of positive self and negative other presentation to support their respective national context in the macro structure of political power and ideology.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical Background

3. Socio-political background

4. Data collection

5. Analysis and discussion

6. Conclusion

키워드

the Arab Spring conceptual metaphor critical discourse studies critical metaphor The Guardian The People s Daily