Abstract
Intertextuality refers to the relationship with which texts are interwoven with each other. It is used to describe the range of ways in which texts make reference to other texts. Recently, mass media and modern technology has become a global issue and started influencing every individual. The information presented in the mass media affects the way people think. Thus, both form and content of mass media are of major importance. News article reporters need to be creative in their language and, at the same time, refer to facts and use common forms of language. Intertextuality is very common among mass media reporters because it is a powerful tool that serves their purposes. The present paper aims at analyzing the reasons which motivates reporters of the news articles on the security situation in Iraq to resort to intertextuality. The period between April and July 1214 is one in which the security situation in Iraq has been in turmoil. Therefore, twelve news articles belonging to the period above have been downloaded from the internet and analyzed carefully. The model adopted in the analysis is that of Bazerman (2004:5) for being a unified comprehensive scheme which covers all the types of techniques presented by other linguists. The analysis has revealed a heavy use of intertextuality in these news articles with particular focus on particular techniques rather than the others for certain reasons that serve the reporters’ purposes.
Highlights
No text is an island is an expression most likely familiar to anyone specialized in literature
The expression no text is an island itself includes an intertextual reference to a well-known quote from the poet John Donne (1624), “No Man Is an Island”
Since in media discourse the issue of intertextuality is very popular among reporters, who widely use this powerful tool for suiting their own purposes, the present paper aims at the analysis of reasons motivating reporters of news articles tackling the security situation in Iraq to resort to intertextuality
Summary
No text is an island is an expression most likely familiar to anyone specialized in literature. It is claimed that almost every word people use has already been seen, heard or written before These intertextual references, often convey some sort of significance and purpose in their new context, whether it is to emphasize the meaning or importance of a specific occurrence, to invoke comparison between the two texts, or even to create humor by, for example, ridiculing the original text. Information and the way it is transmitted can shape the way people think and form their views Both the form and the content of mass media texts are essential. While writing their news articles, reporters face a controversial problem – they need to be creative and unique along with relying on and referring to facts and using the common stock of language. It is really a unified comprehensive scheme which covers all the types of techniques presented by other linguists
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