A Stylistic Study of Hyperbole, Voice, and Collocation Uses in Daily Mail and USA Today Newspapers: Climate Change as a Case
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https://doi.org/10.31185/eduj.Vol58.Iss2.3885Keywords:
Style, Collocation, Voice, Hyperbole, Language of NewspapersAbstract
This study investigates the stylistic features of newspaper articles. In order to
achieve the objective of the study, the stratified sampling method was used to
collect four newspaper articles from two newspapers. Two articles from Daily
Mail newspaper and two article from USA Today newspaper. It hypothesizes that
the news language of USA Today newspaper relies on collocations, and hyperbole
more than the language of Daily Mail when reporting on Climate Change News.
Moreover, the news language of Daily Mail newspaper is more reliant on the
active voice than the language of USA Today Newspaper since it suits its
affirmative tone when reporting on Climate Change News. The study aims to
identifying the stylistic characteristics used in the news language of Daily Mail
and USA Today newspapers on Climate Change, and Pointing out the stylistic
similarities and differences in the news language of Daily Mail and USA Today
newspapers. Both qualitative and quantitative were used for data analysis. Three
models are adopted for the purpose of the analysis of the texts. The main findings
drawn from the stylistic analysis of those two newspapers are presented at the end
of the study, and they are followed by a list of references.
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