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Title MEDIA DISCOURSE AND ECOLINGUISTICS: A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS OF PAKISTANI NEWSPAPER STORIES

Author(s) MARRYAMSHAKEEL

Abstract Title: Media Discourse and Ecolinguistics: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Pakistani Newspaper Stories This research conducts ecolinguistics study as a corpus-based analysis of Pakistani newspaper stories. It examines how the newspaper stories are affected by environmental words and perspectives through the eight dimensions of the model. This research is a mixed method because quantitative and qualitative methods are implied. The Dawn and Express Tribune newspapers data collection is discussed in the light of Stibbe‘s Ecolinguistics model (2015). The newspaper stories of Dawn and Express Tribune are considered to be 60 each and hence 120 newspapers. It is carried out through Antconc software to perform the frequency of environmental set of words of the corpus of each newspaper stories. The finding represented that Dawn corpus contained 216 words, and that the Tribune contained 134 words. Dawn Corpus had 216 environmental words and is larger than the Express Tribune corpus. With respect to environmental degradation, the readers of Dawn might see it as an emotional charged newspaper which makes a great deal of reference to the war and disaster. The Express Tribune, on the other hand, makes its way more frequently with resource-based and economic analysis, and describes environmental problems in a manner that is compatible with the paradigm of sustainable development, which contains institutions and citizens who are caring about the future. Thus, the present research describes the way ecolinguistics is used in media and specifies what differences in semantics, framing, and ideology are at play to the public's concerns. Due to this, Dawn and The Express Tribune have a role to play in progress. Environmental consciousness and discussion is promoting a vast variety of approaches to take an effective ecological agenda. Keywords: Ecolinguistics, conceptual metaphors, newspapers, analysis

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Department English (Faisalabad Campus)

Language English

Publication Date 2025-12-24

Subject English Linguistics

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