This study aims to explore discursive changes in current Taiwanese society, with a particular focus on code-mixing in newspaper headlines. Data were collected from three major newspapers catering to different readerships during three time periods (i.e. 1985, 1995, and 2005). The language of… read more
Adopting the analytic method of critical discourse analysis, this study explores, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the quotation patterns in two ideologically opposed newspapers in Taiwan, namely the pro-unification United Daily News and the pro-independence Liberty Times. It is found that… read more
By means of the analytic method of critical linguistics, this study illustrates and discusses how Chinese nationalism manifests itself in the language of a newspaper text, what linguistic devices are employed for this purpose, and how the media production process in China shapes news texts. The… read more