LINGUIST List 29.4188
Mon Oct 29 2018
Diss: English; Pragmatics: Nino Kopaleishvili: ''Linguistic Characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian Quality Newspaper Genres''
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Date: 23-Oct-2018
From: Nino KOPALEISHVILI <nkopaleishvili1
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Subject: Linguistic Characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian Quality Newspaper Genres
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Program: English Philology
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2012
Author: Nino Kopaleishvili
Dissertation Title: Linguistic Characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian Quality Newspaper Genres
Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
Subject Language(s):
English (eng) Dissertation Director:
Manana Rusieshvili
Lili Goksadze
Dissertation Abstract:
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Dissertation Abstract
Nino Kopaleishvili
Linguistic Characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian Quality Newspaper Genres
The study explores linguistic and media genre characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian print media. Theoretical apparatus of media studies and other interdisciplinary linguistic fields (semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, semiotics) were employed to analyse print media genre characteristics.
The research project is based on qualitative and quantitative methods of research. For data collection purposes random sampling was employed. Documentary analysis, observation on English and Georgian language media, interviews, audio-visual data analysis were used. For qualitative data analysis coding and enumeration were employed. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the quantitative data. The research is a longitudinal study. Overall, 634 articles in the period of 2002-2010 were randomly selected and studied. The research represents an attempt to:
(1) Define genre characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian print media
(2) Compare linguistic and genre characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian media
(3) Study and define structural characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian newspaper genres
(4) Study and define linguistic characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian newspaper genres (from the viewpoint of semantics, pragmatics and semiotics)
(5) Define whether print media creates a myth and which linguistic means are used to create a myth
(6) Study how subjectivity and impersonality are expressed in media genres
(7) Define deictic composition of newspaper articles
The novelty of a dissertation is in the fact that a typological classification of compositional-structural elements of quality media texts is studied for the first time. Newspaper articles are explored from the point of semantics, pragmatics (deixis, pragmatic intention of speech acts) and development of semiotic icons.
In this study, linguistic analysis of media texts is conducted by considering neighbouring disciplines, in particular, media studies, political sciences and psychology. A small chapter is dedicated to online newspaper characteristics.
The object of research is print media text as an independent system with its rules and elements.
The specific empirical research material is the British, U.S. and Georgian Quality Newspapers (The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, The Washington Post, 24 Hours, Kviris Palitra, Bankebi da Finansebi).
The study consists of Foreword, Introduction and six chapters. Chapter I is Literature Review of four print media genres (news, features, editorials and commentaries/columns). Chapter II studies linguistics characteristics of news and features in English language media. Chapter III offers a linguistic analysis of editorials and commentaries in English media. Chapter IV studies linguistic characteristics of news, features and opinion articles in Georgian media. Chapter V studies stereotype and image creation by media. Chapter VI discusses online media as heir of the print media. The study offers conclusions and implications of major findings in its final chapter.
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