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Title A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PORTRAYAL OF PANAMAGATE IN PAKISTANI AND BRITISH ENGLISH PRINT MEDIA USING HALLIDAYAN TRANSITIVITY

Author(s) Ayesha Imtiaz

Abstract This thesis presents the findings of the linguistic discourse analysis performed on the selected editorials and headline articles of English newspapers from Pakistan and the United Kingdom covering the Panama gate issue. The analysis that is employed, takes the aid of the Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis which utilizes the framework of transitivity theory and Fairclough’s three-dimensional model respectively. The analysis attempts to realize the ideational meaning of the utterances through the grammatical choices used. The linguistic choices adopted throughout the text are complex and varied and the transitivity analysis provides meaning by linking them. Using transitivity analysis the researcher has categorized the processes in their relative categories. The deeper analysis has been conducted to read the context of the situation and how the burning issue of Panama Case affected the political scenario worldwide. Every example was analyzed in two steps: first was the textual analysis done through transitivity theory leading to the second step which was to look into the discourse practice and the socio-cultural practices in which a text is produced and consumed. Following the mentioned process the acquired results were discussed and conclusions generated. The findings of the study pointed out the fact that the material process dominates every other one in the transitivity pattern. This pattern also varied in selected newspapers of both countries. It also affirms that the text does sometimes represent the writer’s point of view about an issue. The visible difference of culture and political context in the country of Pakistan and the United Kingdom marked the answer of the question that there is a reflection of the culture and linguistic choices are intrinsically motivated sometimes. The strategies used to deemphasize and emphasize a certain participant of the process and the shift of focus has also been recognized by the researcher. The percentage of usage of transitivity processes and their potential implication has also been discussed by the researcher in the following chapters. The unexplored areas in the newspaper discourse on semantic and morphological levels have been put up as suggestions for further research.

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Publication Date 2019-09-26

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