A preliminary study on attitude in english and Vietnamese media texts in the light of appraisal theory
This paper investigates the use of evaluative language in two articles concerning the destruction of the Earth’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, in 2019. The articles were carefully chosen from prominent newspapers, the New York Times in the USA and VnExpress in Vietnam. The analysis of the evalu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2020
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Online Access: | http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/89343 |
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Institution: | Vietnam National University, Hanoi |
Language: | English |
Summary: | This paper investigates the use of evaluative language in two articles concerning the
destruction of the Earth’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, in 2019. The articles were carefully chosen from
prominent newspapers, the New York Times in the USA and VnExpress in Vietnam. The analysis of the
evaluative language in the two texts was conducted mainly in terms of their attitudes based on the Appraisal
Theory by Martin and White (2005). Moreover, White’s (1998) systemic linguistic approach was utilized in
order to reveal both experiential and interpersonal meanings of news text with the use of lexico-grammar
as a tool for analysis. One significant feature of the evaluative language in terms of attitude which was
found was the dominance of negativity in both articles regarding the severity of the fire and the passive
reactions and scarce solutions to the problems of the local authority. Another conclusion was drawn from
the investigation of the two texts was the use of quantification in implied expression of attitude to emphasize
the devastation of the Amazon. |
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