A Linguistic Analysis of Two Newspaper Articles
Analyze two newspaper articles with respect to the tools of linguistics.
This work includes two newspaper articles. Article one is called “Pakistan’s alternative tourism industry” by Shyema Sajjad (Pakistani perspective) and article two is named as “CIA Contractor Raymond Davis is Free—Now Is the Time to Reconsider Our Support for Pakistan’s Government” by Christian Whiton (American perspective).
Firstly, this assignment will work at two levels of analyzing article discourse. The first level includes the structuring of propositions and the second includes their sequence. Furthermore, the examination of individuals and actions fall under the first stage and the sequencing of these actions into a coherent whole follow it.
Any discourse analysis moves from micro- level examination to macro-level examination. Likewise, newspaper discourse moves from word level (lexis) to sentence level. All these linguistic tools gradually progress from minor root-scale study to group-scale research. Starting off with level one, the lexical habits of the given articles would be firstly stated separately, than, contrasted.
LEXICAL ANALYSIS:-
The analysis of particular words used in a newspaper text is always the first stage of any textual analysis.
Article one:-
In this article, words belong to various categories to instigate some important questions. The lexical categories in this article includes the words of business, words of war and racial animosity, words of falsehood and propaganda, words of currency and lastly words of predator versus prey.
Words of Business: - These include exchange, ticket, breezing in and out, plan, deal, package transaction.
Words of war: - These include shoot, risk, despair, control, attack, zeal, panic, get-away, masterstroke.
Words of racial animosity: - sheer panic on America’s face, US law-makers.
Words of falsehood and propaganda: - hide-outs, compensation, cloudy circumstances, murky status, fumbled and mumbled, diplomatic immunity fed various
This work includes two newspaper articles. Article one is called “Pakistan’s alternative tourism industry” by Shyema Sajjad (Pakistani perspective) and article two is named as “CIA Contractor Raymond Davis is Free—Now Is the Time to Reconsider Our Support for Pakistan’s Government” by Christian Whiton (American perspective).
Firstly, this assignment will work at two levels of analyzing article discourse. The first level includes the structuring of propositions and the second includes their sequence. Furthermore, the examination of individuals and actions fall under the first stage and the sequencing of these actions into a coherent whole follow it.
Any discourse analysis moves from micro- level examination to macro-level examination. Likewise, newspaper discourse moves from word level (lexis) to sentence level. All these linguistic tools gradually progress from minor root-scale study to group-scale research. Starting off with level one, the lexical habits of the given articles would be firstly stated separately, than, contrasted.
LEXICAL ANALYSIS:-
The analysis of particular words used in a newspaper text is always the first stage of any textual analysis.
Article one:-
In this article, words belong to various categories to instigate some important questions. The lexical categories in this article includes the words of business, words of war and racial animosity, words of falsehood and propaganda, words of currency and lastly words of predator versus prey.
Words of Business: - These include exchange, ticket, breezing in and out, plan, deal, package transaction.
Words of war: - These include shoot, risk, despair, control, attack, zeal, panic, get-away, masterstroke.
Words of racial animosity: - sheer panic on America’s face, US law-makers.
Words of falsehood and propaganda: - hide-outs, compensation, cloudy circumstances, murky status, fumbled and mumbled, diplomatic immunity fed various