Interpersonal Rhetoric in the Editorials of "China Daily" - A Generic Perspective

This book offers a critical review of three different approaches to Editorial Discourse Analysis (EDA). In a practical approach, each of the three - linguistic, discoursal and dialogistic - is applied to the analysis of China Daily editorials.
What are the social functions of China Daily editorials? How are these functions realized in the editorial texts? These are the questions the author focused on carrying out this study, which is aimed at exploring the reasons for the discourse practice of editorials of China Daily.
Beyond describing the language features of China Daily editorials, this book attempts to explain Interpersonal Rhetoric from cultural and social perspectives.

List of contents

Contents: Towards an Analytical Model of Editorial Discourse Analysis - Attitude in the Editorials - Modal Expressions in Editorials - Editorial as Social Action - Rhetoric Alignment in the Editorials - Editorial as Social Power.

About the author

The Author: Liu Lihua (1972) is a lecturer and researcher at Beijing Foreign Studies University. His research focus lies on media discourse and he has published a study on editorials in China Daily. Liu Lihua received his Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 2007.

Product details

• Authors: Liu Lihua
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9783034300841
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3430084-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 13 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 40): Kommunikationswissenschaft und Publizistik ) / European University Studies (Series 40): Communication / Pub; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européenn; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 40): Kommunikationswissenschaft und Publizistik / Communication; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies/Publications Universitaires Européenne
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries