Journal Article

الخطاب الحجاجي في بعض مقالات الرأي في الصحف الإلكترونية البريطانية والأمريكية

Mohammad, Hussein El Sayed Abou Elkheir, Gamal El Din, Ali, Ramadan, Dina Ahmed Abdelaziz

2021

Overview

This study deals with argumentative discourse in some British and American electronic newspapers editorials. It aims to investigate the features of argumentative discourse and to clarify the functions of speech acts, argumentative indicators and cohesive ties in these editorials. The study answers the following questions: What are the distinctive features of argumentative discourse? How do writers use speech acts, argumentative indicators and cohesive ties in argumentation? The study follows the pragma-dialectical approach by van Eemeren et al. (1996), and Halliday and Hasan's approach (1976,1994) which uses cohesive ties. The tools include: speech acts, argumentative indicators and cohesive ties. The data, from 1/3/2020 to 1/6/2020, include five editorials from: The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The New York Times and The Washington Post. The findings of the study show that writers express their views and arguments through speech acts which are used to make request, express opinions, and to make commitments, promise, agreement or refuse. The writer's argument is introduced by assertives and it is clarified by usage declaratives that give elaboration, explanation and description. Writers use argumentative indicators to given a reason and to support a claim. Cohesive ties are used to link claims, premises, conclusions and arguments.

• Publisher: جامعة عين شمس - كلية البنات للآداب والعلوم والتربية
• Subject: السمات اللغوية / الصحف الإلكترونية الأمريكية / الصحف الإلكترونية البريطانية / المؤشرات الحجاجية