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LANGUAGE AND IDEOLOGY A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HEADLINES OF URDU NEWSPAPERS OF PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).02      10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).02      Published : Jun 2024

Language and Ideology: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Comparative Study of Headlines of Urdu Newspapers of Pakistan

Abstract

    The present study is the comparative analysis of headlines of Urdu newspaper of Pakistan, particularly the headlines which have appeared in more than one newspaper with different linguistic features and different word choice to reveal different ideologies or agendas. The study has investigated that different newspapers have different choice of words in their headlines. The study on the comparative analysis of discourse appeared in different Urdu newspapers of Pakistan have been conducted. The data was collected from Urdu newspapers and have been analyzed qualitatively with respect to textual and contextual analysis using different strategies like word choice, power dynamics, referential strategies, framing and agenda setting, ideological standpoint, language as power, language competence, power in discourse, power behind discourse, and comparative synchronic analysis. The findings have shown that Media discourse do not happen but are created, framed, and manipulated to serve the purpose of media industry with their hidden agendas.

    Newspaper Headlines, Print Media, Different Word Choices, Different Ideologies

    (1) Badal Ram Marwari
    Lecturer, Department of English, Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences For Women, Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Arjumand Bilal
    Asistant Professor, Department of English, Linguistics and Literature, Iqra University Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (3) Umair Ahmed Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jinnah Government College, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Marwari, B. R., Bilal, A., & Khan, U. A. (2024). Language and Ideology: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Comparative Study of Headlines of Urdu Newspapers of Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IX(II), 14-35. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).02

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Marwari, Badal Ram, Arjumand Bilal, and Umair Ahmed Khan. 2024. "Language and Ideology: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Comparative Study of Headlines of Urdu Newspapers of Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IX (II): 14-35 doi: 10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).02

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MARWARI, B. R., BILAL, A. & KHAN, U. A. 2024. Language and Ideology: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Comparative Study of Headlines of Urdu Newspapers of Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IX, 14-35.

MHRA

    MHRA : Marwari, Badal Ram, Arjumand Bilal, and Umair Ahmed Khan. 2024. "Language and Ideology: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Comparative Study of Headlines of Urdu Newspapers of Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IX: 14-35

MLA

    MLA : Marwari, Badal Ram, Arjumand Bilal, and Umair Ahmed Khan. "Language and Ideology: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Comparative Study of Headlines of Urdu Newspapers of Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IX.II (2024): 14-35 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Marwari, Badal Ram, Bilal, Arjumand, and Khan, Umair Ahmed (2024), "Language and Ideology: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Comparative Study of Headlines of Urdu Newspapers of Pakistan", Global Regional Review, IX (II), 14-35

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Marwari, Badal Ram, Arjumand Bilal, and Umair Ahmed Khan. "Language and Ideology: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Comparative Study of Headlines of Urdu Newspapers of Pakistan." Global Regional Review IX, no. II (2024): 14-35. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).02