Political discourse on Kosovo and Metohia in the newmagazines NIN and TIME from 2000 to 2013

Abstract

This dissertation is a contrastive genre study of political discourse in newsmagazines in two different political, social, cultural and language contexts. The research object of the study is rhetorical and language analysis in the newsmagazines (Time and Nin) with a „common platform“ of subject matter on Kosovo, taking into account its importance and the number of texts devoted to Kosovo in both magazines. In order to investigate the rhetorical and language structure of newmagazinesʼ discourse, this cross-cultural study was structured on three levels: textual, intertextual and contextual. Based on subject, goals and hypotheses defined in the study, as well as on multidimensional level of analysis, we proposed relevant and complex theoretical framework the study draws on.The framework consists of: new contrastive rhetoric and new rhetoric genre studies, critical discourse analysis, systemic functional linguistics, appraisal theory, ESP theory and discussions of the role of the mass media in the two different social settings. The novelty of the study lies in the application of multidimensional approach based upon extensive and relevant theoretical framework in political discourse research. The novelty also lies in the representation and application of appraisal theory in Serbia. Contrastive genre research of the newsmagazines in two different political, social, cultural and language contexs is also new in Serbia...

U ovoj doktorskoj disertaciji urađeno je kontrastivno istraživanje političkog diskursa žanra njuzmagazina u dva različita politička, društvena, kulturna i jezička konteksta. Predmet ovog rada je analiza retoričkih i jezičkih jedinica u nedeljnicima Tajm i Nin o Kosovu i Metohiji s obzirom na važnost teme i njenu zastupljenost u tekstovima oba nedeljnika. Da bismo istražili retoričku i jezičku strukturu diskursa njuzmagazina, naše istraživanje koncipirali smo na tri nivoa: tekstualnom, intertekstualnom i kontekstualnom. Na osnovu predmeta, ciljeva i hipoteza definisanih u ovom radu, kao i multidimenzionalnog nivoa analize, postavili smo relevantan i složen teorijski okvir koji se sastoji od: nove kontrastivne retorike i novih retoričkih žanr studija (New Rhetoric Genre Studies), kritičke analize diskursa, sistemske funkcionalne lingvistike, teorije vrednovanja, teorije ESP (English for Specific Purposes) i studija o ulozi medija u dva različita društvena konteksta...