LINGUISTIC RESOURCES OF BIAS IN NEWS DISCOURSE
LINGUISTIC RESOURCES OF BIAS IN NEWS DISCOURSE
Author(s): Delia RobescuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: biased language; lexical choice; news discourse; passive-active relation; semantic roles
Summary/Abstract: The paper investigates linguistically achieved bias in news discourse and discusses potentially biased language structures / phenomena, such as passives, nominalizations, topic derivation, metaphorization, etc., which, if used in specific contexts, generate biased representations of newsworthy facts.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 265-274
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
