29.4188, Diss: English; Pragmatics: Nino Kopaleishvili: ''Linguistic Characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian Quality Newspaper Genres''

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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:21:03
From: Nino KOPALEISHVILI [nkopaleishvili1 at gmail.com]
Subject: Linguistic Characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian Quality Newspaper Genres

 
Institution: Tbilisi State University 
Program: English Philology 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2012 

Author: Nino Kopaleishvili

Dissertation Title: Linguistic Characteristics of the British, U.S. and
Georgian Quality Newspaper Genres 

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Dissertation Director(s):
Manana Rusieshvili
Lili Goksadze

Dissertation Abstract:

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University 

Dissertation Abstract 

Nino Kopaleishvili 

Linguistic Characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian Quality Newspaper
Genres

The study explores linguistic and media genre characteristics of the British,
U.S. and Georgian print media. Theoretical apparatus of media studies and
other interdisciplinary linguistic fields (semantics, pragmatics, discourse
analysis, semiotics) were employed to analyse print media genre
characteristics. 

The research project is based on qualitative and quantitative methods of
research. For data collection purposes random sampling was employed.
Documentary analysis, observation on English and Georgian language media,
interviews, audio-visual data analysis were used. For qualitative data
analysis coding and enumeration were employed. Descriptive statistics was used
to analyse the quantitative data. The research is a longitudinal study.
Overall, 634 articles in the period of 2002-2010 were randomly selected and
studied. The research represents an attempt to:

(1) Define genre characteristics of the British, U.S. and Georgian print media
(2) Compare linguistic and genre characteristics of the British, U.S. and
Georgian media 
(3) Study and define structural characteristics of the British, U.S. and
Georgian newspaper genres
(4) Study and define linguistic characteristics of the British, U.S. and
Georgian newspaper genres (from the viewpoint of semantics, pragmatics and
semiotics) 
(5) Define whether print media creates a myth and which linguistic means are
used to create a myth 
(6) Study how subjectivity and impersonality are expressed in media genres 
(7) Define deictic composition of newspaper articles 

The novelty of a dissertation is in the fact that a typological classification
of compositional-structural elements of quality media texts is studied for the
first time. Newspaper articles are explored from the point of semantics,
pragmatics (deixis, pragmatic intention of speech acts) and development of
semiotic icons. 

In this study, linguistic analysis of media texts is conducted by considering
neighbouring disciplines, in particular, media studies, political sciences and
psychology. A small chapter is dedicated to online newspaper characteristics. 

The object of research is print media text as an independent system with its
rules and elements. 

The specific empirical research material is the British, U.S. and Georgian
Quality Newspapers (The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, The
Washington Post, 24 Hours, Kviris Palitra, Bankebi da Finansebi). 

The study consists of Foreword, Introduction and six chapters. Chapter I is
Literature Review of four print media genres (news, features, editorials and
commentaries/columns). Chapter II studies linguistics characteristics of news
and features in English language media. Chapter III offers a linguistic
analysis of editorials and commentaries in English media. Chapter IV studies
linguistic characteristics of news, features and opinion articles in Georgian
media. Chapter V studies stereotype and image creation by media. Chapter VI
discusses online media as heir of the print media. The study offers
conclusions and implications of major findings in its final chapter.




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