Quoting to Persuade: A Critical Linguistic Analysis of Quoting in US, UK, and Australian Newspaper Opinion Texts

Autor/in	Cope, Jen
Titel	Quoting to Persuade: A Critical Linguistic Analysis of Quoting in US, UK, and Australian Newspaper Opinion Texts
Quelle	In: AILA Review, 33 (2020) 1, S.136-156 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-0213
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Verbs; Authors; Specialists; Discourse Analysis; Economic Climate; Media Literacy; Context Effect; Language Usage; Cultural Differences; Financial Exigency; News Reporting; Written Language; Applied Linguistics; United Kingdom; Australia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Author; Autor; Autorin; Diskursanalyse; Wirtschaftslage; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Sprachgebrauch; Kultureller Unterschied; Finanzielle Härte; News report; Reportage; Geschriebene Sprache; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Großbritannien; Australien; USA
Abstract	This paper examines how quotations are linguistically constructed by expert contributors in US, UK, and Australian opinion texts, vis-à-vis their form, function, and processes. Cope's (2016) study found that authoritative expert contributors integrated a considerable number of quotations on blame and responsibility for the global financial crisis in single-authored US, UK, and Australian opinion texts. By examining the form, function, and processes of quoting in this paper, she found evidence that quoting is an intertextual form of positioning. Empirically grounded linguistic analyses investigate the language of quoting frames -- how the quoted source is specified, the quoting verb used, e.g., strong meanings ("demanded, thundered, promised") or neutral ("said, told") -- and evaluate the language of propositional content in quotations. Such analyses reveal authorial positions taken in quoting. A greater number of quotations incorporated by general newspaper opinion authors, than by specialized financial newspaper opinion authors, furthermore implies that quoting increases a writer's authority in non-specialized media sources. The specially created integrated linguistic framework draws on Martin & White's (2005) Appraisal system from systemic-functional linguistics, White's (2012, 2015) "attribution" and "endorsement," and Bazerman's (2004) intertextuality techniques. Contextual factors in language use and quoting are evaluated throughout. This paper thus provides evidence of, and implications for, quoting in cross-cultural opinion texts, and contributes to knowledge on the increasingly mediatized practice of language recycling and to media literacy. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01