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International Research Journal of Social Sciences____________________________________ ISSN 2319–3565 Vol. 1(3), 1-7, November (2012) I Res. J. Social Sci.
Headlines in Newspaper Editorials: A Contrastive Study
Bonyadi Alireza and Moses Samuel
English department, Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch, Urmia, IRAN Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of Malaya, MALAYSIA
Available online at: www.isca.in
Received 21th May 2012, revised 16th July 2012, accepted 01st November 2012
Abstract
Newspaper editorials constitute a part of media discourse, which is an extremely important field of research in both intercultural rhetoric analysis and EFL/ESL studies. Specifically, certain features of editorial headlines and also their important role in monitoring and directing readers ' attention have made the interface between the linguistic analysis of newspaper editorial headlines and teaching of english as a foreign language as a relevant issue in language teaching. Through conducting a contrastive textual analysis of selected headlines, culled from the editorials of the english newspaper, The New York Times, and those of Persian newspaper, Tehran Times, the present study aimed at exploring the kind of textual and rhetorical strategies the two newspapers employed for propagating their preferred ideologies. The results of the study indicated that headlines in the two papers presented a subjective attitude of the writers (newspapers) towards the topic. However, based on the analysis of the data, it became clear that there were certain differences between the two sets of headlines in terms of Presupposition, and certain Rhetorical devices. Key words: Intercultural rhetoric, rhetorical devices, newspaper genre.
Introduction
Mass media is one of the most powerful forces for shaping public opinion1. Newspaper headlines, as a subgenre of media genre2 are of importance in news discourse. As an opening section to their relevant main text, headlines
Headlines in Newspaper Editorials: A Contrastive Study
Bonyadi Alireza and Moses Samuel
English department, Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch, Urmia, IRAN Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of Malaya, MALAYSIA
Available online at: www.isca.in
Received 21th May 2012, revised 16th July 2012, accepted 01st November 2012
Abstract
Newspaper editorials constitute a part of media discourse, which is an extremely important field of research in both intercultural rhetoric analysis and EFL/ESL studies. Specifically, certain features of editorial headlines and also their important role in monitoring and directing readers ' attention have made the interface between the linguistic analysis of newspaper editorial headlines and teaching of english as a foreign language as a relevant issue in language teaching. Through conducting a contrastive textual analysis of selected headlines, culled from the editorials of the english newspaper, The New York Times, and those of Persian newspaper, Tehran Times, the present study aimed at exploring the kind of textual and rhetorical strategies the two newspapers employed for propagating their preferred ideologies. The results of the study indicated that headlines in the two papers presented a subjective attitude of the writers (newspapers) towards the topic. However, based on the analysis of the data, it became clear that there were certain differences between the two sets of headlines in terms of Presupposition, and certain Rhetorical devices. Key words: Intercultural rhetoric, rhetorical devices, newspaper genre.
Introduction
Mass media is one of the most powerful forces for shaping public opinion1. Newspaper headlines, as a subgenre of media genre2 are of importance in news discourse. As an opening section to their relevant main text, headlines
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