Analysing intersubjective resources in Persian and English newspaper opinion/editorials

Hossein Shokouhi,Fatemeh Akbarzadeh

doi:10.1515/psicl-2017-0011

Abstract

AbstractThis study is to uncover the persuasive means of inviting or restricting alternative voices in Iranian and American press. About 10,000 engagement tokens were gathered from 216 newspaper opinions/editorials written between 2005 and 2010 on the Iranian nuclear program in two Persian newspapers,

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IntroductionThe importance of opinions or “evaluative beliefs” in newspaper opinions/editorial (op/eds; any belief that presupposes a value and requires a judgment about somebody or something), according to van Dijk (1996: 8), lies in the relation between ideology and discourse
The importance of opinions or “evaluative beliefs” in newspaper opinions/editorial, according to van Dijk (1996: 8), lies in the relation between ideology and discourse
The hierarchy shows the most to the least occurrences of “contract” and “expand” tokens in Persian op/eds, Non-native English op/eds written by Iranians living in Iran and English op/eds written by the op/eds writers in America

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Introduction

The importance of opinions or “evaluative beliefs” in newspaper opinions/editorial (op/eds; any belief that presupposes a value and requires a judgment about somebody or something), according to van Dijk (1996: 8), lies in the relation between ideology and discourse. Exploring the expression of evaluation and engagement and the treatment of the same event in English and Spanish news reportage and commentaries, Arrese and Perucha (2006) utilize the Appraisal theory to elaborate on the evaluative categories in relation to writer stance and to the dimension of subjectivity and inter-subjectivity. The results of their analysis have revealed the presence of various linguistic sources for the expression of evaluation both in the two subgenres and the two languages. What seems to be required here is whether or not political views should be used to delegitimize political powers, and this could be explained by investigating the politics of a country, like Iran, that seemingly is not a US ally

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