Đề tài A critical discourse analysis of the news on north korean missile launches

A critical discourse analysis of the news on north Korean missile launches By: Nguyen thi phuong thao Supervisor: Assoc. Prof., Dr. Tran huu manh contents Part 1- Introduction Part 2- Development Part 3- Conclusion introduction Rationale Scope of the research Aims of the research and research questions Methodology Background information Design of the research Scope of the research Written text From July 4th 2006 to July 28th 2006 32 headlines and 18 news articles in English and Vietnamese from two sources of news: the Voice of America and Nhan Dan Aims of the research To provide a textual analysis To give an illustration of CDA concepts and analysis procedures To convey a message Research questions What are the representations ? What are the underlying ideologies ? Why are such ideologies encoded ? development Chapter 1- Theoretical background Chapter 2- Methodology Chapter 3- Data analysis and discussion Theoretical background The history of Critical Linguistics and CDA Theories on CDA Systemic Functional Linguistics and its role in CDA CDA in relation with Cultural Studies Theories on cda Definition Key notions Methodology Principles methodology Data Analytical framework Method of analysis Analyzing headlines What are the prominent processes ? What are the roles ? Analyzing full-text news reports Naming referents Lexicalization Over-lexicalization Quotation patterns Data analysis and discussion Analysis of headlines Analysis of full-text news reports Analysis of headlines- VOA Positively represent the US-Japan coalition 76.9% of the processes The role of actor and sayer in all processes Verbs denoting positive actions Negatively represent North Korea Less processes Both the role of actor and goal, sayer and target Verbs denoting negative actions Analysis of headlines- ND Neutral viewpoint Relatively balanced proportion 52.6% processes to the US and Japan 47.4% processes to others Neutral verbs Analysis of full-text news reports Naming referents Lexicalization Over-lexicalization Quotation patterns naming referents VOA Formal and neutral names for the US and Japan Negative names for NK Nhan Dan formal and neutral names for both groups of participants lexicalization VOA Negativization of NK’s activities Positivization of the US-Japan coalition’s activities Nhan Dan neutral and objective to both groups of participants Over-lexicalization VOA negative over-lexicalization of NK’s missile launches Nhan Dan neutral over-lexicalization of NK’s missile launches Quotation patterns VOA the US-Japan coalition 77.1% North Korea 13.3% war-protestors 9.6% Nhan Dan the US-Japan coalition 47.5% North Korea 22% war-protestors 30% conclusion A summary of the findings Suggestions for further research Suggestions for further research Carry out a research on a larger database Collect data from other sources Do a similar research on spoken discourse Analyze other discursive strategies Thank you very much!