A pragmatic study of newspaper headlines in media discourse : Iraq as a case study
Joint Authors
al-Saidi, Haydar Tumah Jasim
Jabir, Khalid Wahhab
Source
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
Issue
Vol. 3, Issue 3 (31 Mar. 2020), pp.48-59, 12 p.
Publisher
Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development
Publication Date
2020-03-31
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
English Language and Literature
Abstract EN
This study investigates the pragmatic aspects that are used in media discourse especially newspaper headlines.
it aims to analyze Searle's Taxonomy of speech acts (1979) that are employed to Iraqi newspaper headlines.
Fifty headlines were collected from the Iraqi official newspaper (ALSABAH NEWSPAPER).
they were translated and classified based on the classifications of Searle's speech acts Taxonomy.
the sampled headlines focus on the events that happened in Iraq from March to December 2017 covering the Iraqi ISIS conflict.
the findings reveal that the writers of these headlines employed all the speech acts as means to perform the intended meanings and convey the message behind using these classifications.
in addition, the findings reveal that the expressives and declaratives are the most prominent and common speech acts employed to the sampled headlines.
finally, the data analysis shows how all these categories of speech act were employed explicitly and implicitly.
to sum up, the employment of these such speech acts to Alsabah Newspaper headlines addressed the feelings of the readers to express the achievement of victory and liberation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Saidi, Haydar Tumah Jasim& Jabir, Khalid Wahhab. 2020. A pragmatic study of newspaper headlines in media discourse : Iraq as a case study. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation،Vol. 3, no. 3, pp.48-59.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1498255
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Saidi, Haydar Tumah Jasim& Jabir, Khalid Wahhab. A pragmatic study of newspaper headlines in media discourse : Iraq as a case study. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation Vol. 3, no. 3 (2020), pp.48-59.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1498255
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Saidi, Haydar Tumah Jasim& Jabir, Khalid Wahhab. A pragmatic study of newspaper headlines in media discourse : Iraq as a case study. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation. 2020. Vol. 3, no. 3, pp.48-59.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1498255
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 57-59
Record ID
BIM-1498255