Evaluation in media texts

A cross-cultural linguistic investigation

Bibliographic Data

ID2915110
AuthorsLily Chen (0009-0005-8619-8103, University of Sheffield, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume33
Issue5
Pages673-702
Publication date2004-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage in Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047404504045026
OpenAlexW2112216069
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited2

A quantitative/interpretative approach to the comparative linguistic analysis of media texts is proposed and applied to a contrastive analysis of texts from the English-language China Daily and the UK Times to look for evidence of differences in what Labov calls "evaluation." These differences are then correlated to differences in the roles played by the media in Britain and China in their respective societies. The aim is to demonstrate that, despite reservations related to the Chinese texts not being written in the journalists' native language, a direct linguistic comparison of British media texts with Chinese media texts written in English can yield valuable insights into the workings of the Chinese media that supplement nonlinguistic studies

China · Contrastive analysis · Cross-cultural · Linguistics · Sociology · Anthropology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Psychology

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