Predication Strategies in Op-Ed Discourse: An Analysis within the Framework of Discourse-Historical Approach

Op-ed writers reflect the ideology of their media organizations in their columns using various linguistic strategies. These strategies can be manifested using the analytic tools provided by Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The aim of this study is to analyze how the portrait of Mehmed II painted b...

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Main Authors: Derya AYDIN, Gülsüm Songül ERCAN
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Language:English
Published: BÜTEK Boğaziçi Eğitim Turizm Teknopark Uygulama ve Dan. Hiz. San. Tic. A.Ş. 2022-12-01
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Online Access:http://dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/2611360
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description Op-ed writers reflect the ideology of their media organizations in their columns using various linguistic strategies. These strategies can be manifested using the analytic tools provided by Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The aim of this study is to analyze how the portrait of Mehmed II painted by the Italian artist Bellini being purchased by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on 25 June 2020 is reflected in two op-ed articles in the Sözcü and Yeni Akit newspapers which represent contrasting ideologies. The op-ed articles have been analyzed using the Predication strategy within the framework of Discourse-Historical Approach (Reisigl & Wodak, 2009). Our findings have revealed that predication strategy has been used in the op-ed article in Yeni Akit newspaper to present the opposition between us and them, while it has been used in the op-ed article in Sözcü to create a similarity between the social actors with different ideological orientations by mitigating the distinction between us and them. It has been concluded that the topic at hand is the determining factor for the op-ed writers in conveying their ideologies in the text and that the predication strategy is mainly used to persuade the target audience.
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spelling doaj.art-bcf17e5d72b04e53b43c94f3dcd38fed2023-02-15T16:19:21ZengBÜTEK Boğaziçi Eğitim Turizm Teknopark Uygulama ve Dan. Hiz. San. Tic. A.Ş.Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi1300-85522587-09392022-12-0133230533010.18492/dad.1165818 Predication Strategies in Op-Ed Discourse: An Analysis within the Framework of Discourse-Historical ApproachDerya AYDIN0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0706-8051Gülsüm Songül ERCAN1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5392-7008Türk Hava Kurumu UniversityDokuz Eylül UniversityOp-ed writers reflect the ideology of their media organizations in their columns using various linguistic strategies. These strategies can be manifested using the analytic tools provided by Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The aim of this study is to analyze how the portrait of Mehmed II painted by the Italian artist Bellini being purchased by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on 25 June 2020 is reflected in two op-ed articles in the Sözcü and Yeni Akit newspapers which represent contrasting ideologies. The op-ed articles have been analyzed using the Predication strategy within the framework of Discourse-Historical Approach (Reisigl & Wodak, 2009). Our findings have revealed that predication strategy has been used in the op-ed article in Yeni Akit newspaper to present the opposition between us and them, while it has been used in the op-ed article in Sözcü to create a similarity between the social actors with different ideological orientations by mitigating the distinction between us and them. It has been concluded that the topic at hand is the determining factor for the op-ed writers in conveying their ideologies in the text and that the predication strategy is mainly used to persuade the target audience.http://dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/2611360critical discourse analysisdiscourse-historical approachpredicationop-ed discoursemedia discourse
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Predication Strategies in Op-Ed Discourse: An Analysis within the Framework of Discourse-Historical Approach
Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi
critical discourse analysis
discourse-historical approach
predication
op-ed discourse
media discourse
title Predication Strategies in Op-Ed Discourse: An Analysis within the Framework of Discourse-Historical Approach
title_full Predication Strategies in Op-Ed Discourse: An Analysis within the Framework of Discourse-Historical Approach
title_fullStr Predication Strategies in Op-Ed Discourse: An Analysis within the Framework of Discourse-Historical Approach
title_full_unstemmed Predication Strategies in Op-Ed Discourse: An Analysis within the Framework of Discourse-Historical Approach
title_short Predication Strategies in Op-Ed Discourse: An Analysis within the Framework of Discourse-Historical Approach
title_sort predication strategies in op ed discourse an analysis within the framework of discourse historical approach
topic critical discourse analysis
discourse-historical approach
predication
op-ed discourse
media discourse
url http://dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/2611360
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