Discourse Approach Research Articles

Quranic discourse Approach in light of textual linguistics

يحاول هذا البحث أن يقدم رؤية متواضعة لكيفية اغتنام بعض المفاهيم التي تقدمها لسانيات النص بوصفها نشاطاً تأويلياً وتحليلياً وتوظيفها في مقاربة النص القرآني لكنها مقاربة غير منبتة الصلة عما قدمته المجالات المعرفية التراثية المختصة بالكشف عن آليات فهم هذا النص المقدس، وتأتي في مقدمتها مباحث علوم القرآن.
 وإلى جانب ذلك؛ كان هناك هدف آخر – مهم - حاول البحث تحقيقه، وهو الكشف عن بعض الإشكاليات التي كانت هاجساً لدى بعض الباحثين، أدى إلى التشكيك في وحدة النص القرآني تارة، وإلى التشكيك في جدوى الآليات التأويلية التي اجترحها المفسرون والمعنيون بالنص القرآني تارة أخرى.

Graduation Resources in News Discourse: Calls for the British Museum to Return Chinese Cultural Artefacts

Using a discourse approach, this study examines online news and opinion pieces about calls for the British Museum to return Chinese artefacts. We examine the interpersonal meanings conveyed by the linguistic choices made in these texts. This study uses the appraisal system in the systemic functional linguistic (SFL) framework to examine how news discourse addresses the issue and constructs interpersonal meanings. Graduation resources, as a subcategory of appraisal system, can underpin the degree of meanings and perspectives, allowing writers to adjust the gradability of attitudinal meanings conveyed to readers. This research first examines how the writer’s voice is embedded in graduation resources, and later, how these graduation resources are used in online news articles calling for the return of the artefacts. This study also examines how online newspapers covered a short film by vloggers called “Escape from the British Museum”, which sparked massive social media reactions, offering new perspectives on how social media and traditional news organisations interact to construct meanings through language. The results show that quantification and fulfilment (completion) resources are the two most common subcategories of graduation resources. The findings shed light on the language strategies used in news and social media discourse, as well as the interpersonal meanings behind such requests for cultural heritage repatriation.

Sociocultural aspect of landscape components in the conditions of urban environment

Applying the scientific discourse approach, the article examines different aspects of landscape design related issues. We analyze the fundamental principles of landscaping to examine its connections with sociocultural aspect. Terrain, water, and vegetation, as aspects of landscape design and the connections with culture and society are analyzed. Their functional significance uncovered within the framework of sociocultural aspect. Various combinations and relations of the landscape design components are analyzed from the viewpoint of their social and cultural focus. We revealed the sociocultural aspect of landscape components in the conditions of the urban environment. The development of landscape components should be applied using a bionic formative element that includes the sociocultural aspect of the region. The cultural recognizability of scenery components creates a psychologically comfortable environment in the cityscape.

MARGINALIZATION OF WOMEN IN ONLINE NEWS IN INDONESIA (CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS SARA MILLS)

Discourse analysis is a method used to uncover the meaning and communication messages present in a text, both in its textual and contextual aspects. This means that the meaning of a text or communication message cannot solely be derived from the explicit written text. Sara Mills' discourse model focuses on discourses about feminism, emphasizing the positions of subjects and objects within the text. Feminist discourse highlights how a text represents women. In reality, women are often portrayed as inferior and in the wrong compared to men in texts. The approach used in this analysis is Sara Mills' discourse approach. The author examines a discourse for analysis titled "Sad Case: 9 Children Raped, Main Perpetrator Still Underage" from Detik.com. The results of the discussion indicate that the author portrays women as objects depicted in news stories. However, on detik.com news, women are also positioned as subjects with the opportunity to narrate events they have experienced from the beginning to the aftermath of rape. In feminist discourse, women are often depicted not as subjects but as objects in many news texts. In this case, women are objectified, and their positions are often defined as mere storytelling materials, victims of abuse, or rape victims, unable to represent themselves. Through the analysis conducted on detik.com media, women are portrayed as victims of rape. The news presented on detik.com depicts women more as a vulnerable group, while men are shown to hold power, rendering the victims powerless. Consequently, when represented in news texts, women are placed in a marginalized position. Keywords: Discourse analysis, Sara Mills approach, feminist discourse.

Teaching the political speech at secondary level schools. Towards critical and digital literacy.​

In this study, I present the teaching approach of political discourse to high school students, aged 17-18 (secondary level education in Greece). Through this didactic scenario students will acquire the knowledge required for political communication, political discourse, persuasion techniques and means. In addition, through this teaching scenario, students will be led not only to critical thinking but also to digital literacy.

Discourse Structure Analysis of Making Request in Japanese Conversation

Making requests (irai) is a genre of spoken interaction that is taught from the basic level of learning Japanese as a foreign language. A request is one of the speech acts that may raise face-threatening potentials. Understanding the stages of request appropriate to Japanese culture is thus essential for Japanese learners to achieve successful conversation. Therefore, conversation pedagogy by using a discourse approach is essential. This study investigates a potential structure gap in Japanese making-requests conversations realized in actual settings and textbook conversational models. By employing genre theory and interpersonal discourse of “Negotiation” as a qualitative discourse analytic method from the Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) perspective, this paper describes the gaps and some factors that potentially influence the structure of Japanese making-request conversation. Data were obtained from conversational texts in the Japanese language corpus named Japanese Natural Conversation Corpus and Japanese textbooks for elementary and middle adult learners. Regarding the structure, the results show no difference between conversations in textbooks and authentic ones at the stage level, but both differ at the phase level. There is no introduction to the problem, additional explanation, and confirmation phases in textbook conversational models. In addition, the absence of the phases, the differences in pre-condition content between textbook and authentic conversations, also the length of the reasoning phase, are assumed to be influenced by relational status between participants (tenor) as well as the imposition degree of the requested object.

Electric vehicles for climate, a green economy, or independence? Comparing policy discourse in newspapers across three Canadian provinces

In efforts to increase the uptake of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), many regions rely on demand-focused policies such as purchase incentives. Fewer regions also implement strong supply-focused policies such as a zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) sales mandate. We explore policy discourse regarding implementation of different PEV policies, using as case studies the Canadian provinces of British Columbia (BC), Ontario, and Québec—the latter of which was the first to implement a ZEV mandate. Using a selection of 984 newspaper articles printed in 2008–2018, we analyze statements from governments, industry, and other actors about PEV technology and policy via content and discourse analysis. In all case studies, provincial governments framed PEVs as mixed private-public goods, and framed PEV policy as needed to achieve climate goals, while improving the functional limitations such as price and performance. Otherwise, policy discourses differed widely. BC's discourse included broad support for purchase incentives, while Ontario's discourse was mired in political controversy regarding the economic impacts of all climate policies. Québec was the only case study that demonstrated open support for supply-focused PEV policy by government and advocacy groups, namely the ZEV mandate. The government-led storyline uniquely emphasized two societal goals in the province: climate mitigation and economic independence. Across cases, the successful implementation of PEV policy is associated with storylines that emphasize high priority societal issues, along with an absence of convincing political or industrial opposition. This policy discourse approach can shed light on why policymakers in different regions gravitate towards different policy approaches.

Glowing gels and pipettes aplenty: how do commercial stock image banks portray genetic tests?

News stories and patient-facing material about genetic tests are often illustrated by images, but the content of such images and the messages they propagate are rarely scrutinised. Stock image banks were searched to identify a hundred images relating to genetic tests and analysed using a multimodal critical discourse approach, aiming to identify what the images featured, how they were composed, and what they communicated about genetic testing. We found that images tended to focus on technical aspects of sample processing (for example, pipetting) and drew on older technologies (for example slab gel electrophoresis) when representing data arising from genetic tests. Composition choices like focussing images around pipette tips, or emphasising colour or brightness of electrophoretic bands, represented genetic testing as precise, unambiguous and illuminating. Only 7% of images featured a person having a genetic test, and only one image alluded to communication of genetic results. Current popular visual representations of genetic testing rarely highlight the possibility of uncertain or non-diagnostic outcomes, and may contribute to high public expectations of informativeness and certainty from such tests.

Framing the path to net zero

Abstract Big corporations are a leading contributor to global carbon emissions and their investment decisions have a significant impact on the world’s ability to tackle climate change. This study combines corpus and discourse approaches to examine how major corporate emitters have responded to the Paris Agreement, how they legitimize their practices amid mounting public pressure, and how companies operating in high- and middle-income countries differ in their framing of climate change. The results show that carbon majors place increasing focus on climate issues, widely support the goals of the Paris Agreement, and are increasingly making net-zero pledges. However, close inspection of linguistic patterns reveals a troubling disconnect between proclaimed goals, the solutions advocated for, and the radical steps needed to address the escalating climate crisis. Companies from middle-income countries devote comparatively less attention to climate change, which points to the need for better coordinated global efforts to address this problem.

INTERTEXTUALITY AND INTERDISCURSIVITY IN POST-COLONIAL LANGUAGE POLICIES IN KENYA

Addressing the intricate challenges within the realm of language planning and policy involves establishing meaningful connections between language policy texts, discourse, and actual language practices. Moreover, navigating connections across diverse domains, contexts, levels, layers, and scales presents a formidable challenge. Therefore, this study endeavours to unravel intertextual connections as a means of comprehending language-policy texts in the Kenyan context. Focusing on post-colonial language policies in Kenya, this paper explores intertextuality and interdiscursivity. Employing Fairclough's (1992) Critical Discourse approach, this analysis explores how language policy documents undergo decontextualization from prior discourses (intertextuality) and examine their correlation with different generic chains (interdiscursivity). The study employs a qualitative research design, specifically historical and documentary analysis. The study's findings reveal that post-colonial language policies exhibit links to both pre-colonial and current policy documents, showcasing vertical and horizontal intertextuality. Additionally, these policies are linked to a myriad of past and present discourses, such as those related to culture and diversity (interdiscursivity). Notably, the analysis of intertextuality and interdiscursive discourse reveals revisions to language policy and tracks the shifts in discourses surrounding this policy over time. In conclusion, this study emphasises that the meaningful interpretation of intertextuality and interdiscursivity renders language policy texts significant. It is anticipated that this research will shed light on understanding language policy through the lens of intertextuality and interdiscursivity, contributing to a more comprehensive perspective on language policy dynamics.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0089/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Kesetaraan Gender Di Area Kampus Universitas Jember

Women are often charged with housework which makes them less exposed to information regarding gender equality that occurs between men and women. For this reason, there needs to be awareness and feelings of mutual respect. Especially in the higher education environment, there is a need for campaigns or even courses that discuss gender equality. The aim of carrying out this research is none other than to find out whether gender equality has been implemented in the campus area, in other words in higher education. The research method applied and used in this research is descriptive qualitative using a critical discourse approach model. The results of the research show that the three informants said that maximum gender equality has not been implemented in the campus environment as evidenced by the large number of male leaders and the lack of access for women in terms of education and information. The conclusion is that gender equality is very important. To make this happen, it is necessary to carry out various actions such as campaigns and disseminating information through social media in order to raise awareness within each individual.

Master Narratives in US Contemporary War Discourse: Situating and Constructing Identities of Self and Other

The present paper aims to discuss the discursive strategies of otherization, legitimation, and normalization typically found in extracts from the author’s video corpus of US Presidents’ selected official statements at the height of actual or potential armed conflicts between the First Gulf War (1990-1991) and the end of the Obama Administration (2016). The underlying working assumption is that, to consolidate asymmetrical power relationships and monitor dissent and/or win domestic consent about the use of force, the US Administration systematically resorts to a relatively restricted inventory of political myths and cultural constructs sustained by strategic storytelling and powerful master narratives, or Intertextual Thematic Formations. The qualitative analysis, informed by a systemic functional, critical discourse approach, is undertaken at both the macro- and micro-levels, with a view to highlighting how master narratives project distinct/conflicting standpoints and socio-institutional roles and identities (e.g. the-President-as-Father-of-the-Nation; the-Community-as-Protector-of-its-Members'-Interests; the-West-as-Civilizer), while feeding the myth of a ‘super-empowered’ President and ultimately sustaining the ideological square. The final contention is that awareness-raising pedagogical models are needed which work upwards from the bottom of the hierarchical narrative structure, contextualizing the master narrative and linking it to the audience’s individual narratives, so that discourse can fulfil its critical function of dismantling potentially manipulative and/or normalizing discourse practices and foster civil society-led, personal counter-narratives that remove stereotyping and oversimplification.

Value Properties of Modern Event Practice in Scientific and Practical Discourse

The purpose of the article is to investigate scientific approaches to the understanding of value properties and their practical manifestation in the organisation and conduct of modern event practice. Research methodology. To achieve the goal, general scientific principles of systematisation and generalisation of the outlined problem were used, namely, the manifestation of valuable properties in modern event practices. The use of such methods helped to distinguish and scientifically substantiate scientific discourses to understand the meaning of the concept of "value properties". The purpose and objectives of the article determined the application of an axiological approach, which allowed revealing the interdisciplinary nature of the considered theories to the understanding of value approaches in practical scientific discourse. The use of the analytical method enabled revealing the conceptual principles regarding further cultural perspectives of understanding the phenomenon of values, their properties in practical manifestation during the organisation and conduct of modern event practices. The scientific novelty lies in the discovery of the phenomenon of prioritising the value properties of modern event practices. Conclusions. The article proves that the professionally planned thematic orientation of modern event practice allows ensuring a variety of human values, from individual to national. Organisers of modern event practices face the task of clearly understanding the value properties of the event they are creating, their dominant priority. The algorithm of actions when conducting various events should take into account national value guidelines for various target audiences, which include mastery of the Ukrainian language, patriotic self-awareness, honour, dignity, respectful attitude to national and state symbols, preservation of cultural traditions of the Ukrainian people and promotion regarding their popularisation throughout the world. Therefore, modern event practice should take into account the value priorities of Ukraine's development. The valuable property of modern event practice should be determined through the mission, goals and objectives, which should be clearly defined and understood. Freedom, goodness, peace, honour and dignity, patriotism, courage and trust should become an integral element of the cultural effectiveness of modern event practice. The professionally oriented value property of the event-practice will ensure its highly effective potential in ensuring cultural rights and human freedoms. The priority of the scientific understanding of the value properties of event-practices in modern cultural knowledge has been theoretically proven.
 Keywords: value, value issues, event practice, value properties, value orientations.

Sustainable Energy Development: History and Recent Advances

Sustainable energy development (SED) is a crucial component of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), aiming to maintain economic and social progress while protecting the environment and mitigating climate change’s effects. SED serves as a transition paradigm for sustainable development, providing a blueprint for energy peace and prosperity for people and all uses. This article presents the history of SED and then uses a critical discourse approach to summarize existing review studies in SED. Ten interlinked themes of SED are identified, with two of them considered to be among the least studied in existing SED reviews and in the current global discussion around climate change. This study explores these two themes, which include energy financing and the need for 100% renewable energy (RE), a sub-theme of decarbonization strategy working towards the 1.5–2.0 °C scenario. The study suggests that the current G20 countries’ contributions, if maintained continuously per annum, in addition to 80% more funding from private investment compared to the amount in the 1.5 °C scenario financial requirements for clean energy, are sufficient to limit global warming. In addition to the present drive for 100% RE, the article also discusses emerging issues, such as energy storage options with an indication of hydrogen as the most promising, other energy-related development agendas, and the need for regional security stability to prevent energy wars. Selected SED decarbonization strategies are presented across the power, transport, building, and industrial sectors. The study concludes with progress and directions for future research, mainly the need for re-defining nationally determined contribution (NDC) through an emissions budgeting and centralized global or regional emissions stock-taking strategy working towards the 1.5 °C scenario.

Cultivation of sustainability in a discourse of change

Abstract Sustainability has been well used (and abused) as “buzz-word”, label or language token for certain behavior and action in political, organizational and increasingly in individual communication. Based on critical approaches in language, discourse and communication studies, the paper explores potential processes of normalization of sustainability as a new norm, discusses new theories and methodological variations that can be applied to better understand sustainable development, and offers a theoretical concept for cultivation of sustainability as a dialectic process of questioning and stabilization in transformation and change processes. Complemented by a communication for development and social change perspective, the paper lays the theoretical foundation for an understanding of sustainability as organizing principle in socio-ecological change processes, which is further elaborated in the contributions of this Special Issue, which are introduced at the end.

Discourse-Based Teaching in English Language Teaching at Islamic Universities in Borneo: A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

This critical discourse analysis aims to uncover what ideologies emerge in English language teaching at Islamic universities in Borneo, explain how discourse-based teaching is implemented, and why discourse-based teaching is necessary for English language teaching at Islamic universities in Borneo. This is qualitative phenomenological research using Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis model. The primary data sources for this research are English language lecturers and college students at universities in Borneo, namely UIN Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris Samarinda, UIN Antasari Banjarmasin, IAIN Palangkaraya, and IAIN Pontianak. The researcher used several research instruments to collect the data: interviews, questionnaires, observations, and documentation. The data analysis technique used in this research is the interactive model from Miles et al. with the stages of data collection, data condensation, data display, and conclusion. This research concludes that English language education at Islamic universities in Borneo has an ideology of character development, influenced by several factors such as the shift in character values, the spirit of nationalism, and political policies of the Ministry of Religion to maintain national unity with a religious moderation agenda, and the vision to develop graduates who have solid Islamic character. In addition, English language education aims not only to master English language skills but also to compete in the era of information technology with critical thinking skills. Therefore, English language teaching at Islamic universities in Borneo is based on a discourse approach, from lesson planning and teaching implementation to teaching evaluation. This research implies that English language teaching should not only focus on English language skills or TEFL content but also on achieving learning outcomes from the goals of the study program, students’ needs, and the roles of lecturers as educators of Islamic and national character values.

UKRAINE'S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROGRAM IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERNIZATION AND ADAPTATION OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY:

The purpose of the article is to highlight the strategies for the development of Ukrainian education in the short and long term of the integration process into the European community. The task of scientific research is focused on the correlation of the processes of integration of Ukrainian education into the European paradigm. The research methodology is based on a combination of classical and innovative approaches of scientific and pedagogical discourse. The results of the study indicate the problematic aspects of the transition of Ukrainian education to the standards of the European educational system, namely, the oversaturation of quantitative indicators with a low level of quality of education, leveling the principle of the rule of the human dimension in education. Ukrainian education is facing the socio-cultural need to integrate into the European space. This path is realized through adaptation to new conditions and modernization of the educational environment using innovative strategies.

The discursive tensions of Darija in Morocco's online news articles: A diachronic corpus-assisted approach

In keeping with a diachronic corpus-assisted discourse approach, this study explores the way Darija, the colloquial Arabic variety in Morocco, has been discursively constructed in online news articles over a ten-year timespan. To this end, a specialized corpus of over one million words was compiled from the news website Hespress. The study integrates the analysis of collocational frequencies and contextual examination of concordances, interrogating the links of the discourses encircling Darija with major sociopolitical events. Notwithstanding the local deep-seated linguistic rivalries and the prevailing standard-language ideology, the findings suggest that Darija during this period adopts a joint discourse of resistance with Amazighiya (Berber) against the Arabophone ideology, arguing for a consolidated constituency of Moroccanness, fundamental to the maintenance and (re)production of the country’s cultural identity. Such findings shed light on language as a site of struggle, in which issues of social and institutional inequities are negotiated between contested ideologies.

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Ideology and Power Relations in a Political Interview

Political interviews are important political actions that are conducted to explain the political trends, actions, views and stances. They are usually embedded with covert and overt political ideologies that aim to affect others' political positions, stances and shape public opinions. The researcher tries to detect the ideologies and power relations manifested during a prewar on Iraq interview conducted on BBC with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The researcher uses Wodak's (2015) critical discourse approach as a framework for the analysis with the aim of raising the awareness of the readers of the ideologies and power relations in such interviews. The results show the existence of a dynamic, powerful interaction as both sides use whatever power resources they have to dominate the interaction, exercising power and perpetuating their political ideologies.

Identity investment in stand-up comedy and online sketches

The article focuses on identity investment in stand-up comedy and online sketches performed by Romanian (or of Romanian descent) comedians acting abroad (France and United Kingdom). It aims at highlighting various humorous strategies that could be construed around a shared feature: the importance of the performer’s stage identity (persona). The analysis is based on a theoretical framework which combines stance(taking) studies and discourse approaches to humour. Immigrant’s (as marginal performers) humour reveals subversive humour: a means of coping with reality, aimed to expose and challenge power structures. The comedians explore stereotypes regarding Romanian or Eastern European immigrants in France and the UK. The differences in staging the stereotypes depend on the comedian’s identity investment in the persona he creates during the humorous performance, as well as on the degree of marginality he assumes for that persona.