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Title A Dialectical Ecolinguistic Study of Selected Cartoon Strips in Pakistani English Newspapers

Author(s) Aqsa Ibrar

Abstract This dialectical ecolinguistic study of selected cartoon strips has attempted to investigate how environmental protection is represented in the Pakistani Dawn newspaper, revealing ecological issues. This research employed the theoretical model of dialectical Eco linguistics to see dialectical relations between language, ecology, and society, which uses social praxis as constitutive of the language environment. It conceptualizes three dimensions: ideological, sociological, and biological, as functionally linked to create meaning collaboratively. The cartoon strips model's visual texture (text structure) analysis is Visual Grammar, proposed by Gunther Kress and Van Leeuwen in 2006. This supportive framework complements the dialectical hierarchy model for creating a systematic link between textual and contextual factors significant for meaning-making. The researcher analyzed 50 cartoon strips from Dawn newspaper from January 2018 to December 2020. The researcher discovered that the ideological contexts of the cartoons are mirrored in the structural analysis of cartoons depicting participants in society's physical surroundings. The sociological contexts of strips are represented in participants' interactions with their surroundings. The symbols encapsulating the issue emphasized by Dawn newspaper's usage of visuals represent the biological context of the cartoons.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

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Language English

Publication Date 2023-01-09

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