A critical discourse analysis of the
news on north Korean missile
launches
By: Nguyen thi phuong thao
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof., Dr. Tran huu manh
contents
Part 1- Introduction
Part 2- Development
Part 3- Conclusion
introduction
Rationale
Scope of the research
Aims of the research and research
questions
Methodology
Background information
Design of the research
Scope of the research
Written text
From July 4th 2006 to July 28th 2006
32 headlines and 18 news articles in
English and Vietnamese
from two sources of news: the Voice
of America and Nhan Dan
Aims of the research
To provide a textual analysis
To give an illustration of CDA
concepts and analysis procedures
To convey a message
Research questions
What are the representations ?
What are the underlying ideologies ?
Why are such ideologies encoded ?
development
Chapter 1- Theoretical background
Chapter 2- Methodology
Chapter 3- Data analysis and discussion
Theoretical background
The history of Critical Linguistics
and CDA
Theories on CDA
Systemic Functional Linguistics and
its role in CDA
CDA in relation with Cultural Studies
Theories on cda
Definition
Key notions
Methodology
Principles
methodology
Data
Analytical framework
Method of analysis
Analyzing headlines
What are the prominent processes ?
What are the roles ?
Analyzing full-text news reports
Naming referents
Lexicalization
Over-lexicalization
Quotation patterns
Data analysis and discussion
Analysis of headlines
Analysis of full-text news reports
Analysis of headlines- VOA
 Positively represent the US-Japan coalition
 76.9% of the processes
 The role of actor and sayer in all processes
 Verbs denoting positive actions
 Negatively represent North Korea
 Less processes
 Both the role of actor and goal, sayer and
target
 Verbs denoting negative actions
Analysis of headlines- ND
Neutral viewpoint
Relatively balanced proportion
 52.6% processes to the US and Japan
 47.4% processes to others
Neutral verbs
Analysis of full-text news reports
Naming referents
Lexicalization
Over-lexicalization
Quotation patterns
naming referents
VOA
 Formal and neutral names for the US and
Japan
 Negative names for NK
Nhan Dan
formal and neutral names for both groups
of participants
lexicalization
VOA
 Negativization of NK’s activities
 Positivization of the US-Japan coalition’s
activities
Nhan Dan
neutral and objective to both groups of
participants
Over-lexicalization
VOA
negative over-lexicalization of NK’s missile
launches
Nhan Dan
neutral over-lexicalization of NK’s missile
launches
Quotation patterns
 VOA
 the US-Japan coalition 77.1%
 North Korea 13.3%
 war-protestors 9.6%
 Nhan Dan
 the US-Japan coalition 47.5%
 North Korea 22%
 war-protestors 30%
conclusion
A summary of the findings
Suggestions for further research
Suggestions for further research
Carry out a research on a larger
database
Collect data from other sources
Do a similar research on spoken
discourse
Analyze other discursive strategies
Thank you very much!