Media Discourse in Greater China
Edited by Sai-hua Kuo and Doreen D. Wu
Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 19:2 (2009) v, 166 pp.
Sai-hua Kuo
List of John Benjamins publications for which Sai-hua Kuo plays a role.
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Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Altaic languages | Communication Studies
Articles
2009 Multilingualism, multiculturalism, and multiple identities: Analyzing linguistic hybridization in Taiwanese newspaper headlines Media Discourse in Greater China, Kuo, Sai-hua and Doreen D. Wu (eds.), pp. 239–258 | Article
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
2009 Media discourse in Greater China Media Discourse in Greater China, Kuo, Sai-hua and Doreen D. Wu (eds.), pp. 173–178 | Article
2007 Language as Ideology: Analyzing Quotations in Taiwanese News Discourse Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 17:2, pp. 281–301 | Article
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
2001 “Is there only one China?”: Analyzing the rhetoric of Chinese nationalism in a newspaper article Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 11:2, pp. 287–303 | Article
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