Shades of the GNU in Zimbabwe (2009-13): linguistic discourse analyses of representations of transitional politics in Zimbabwean newspapers
The chapter seeks to make a comparative analysis of the representations of Zimbabwe's GNU in Zimbabwean newspapers – The Herald and NewsDay with regards to two main issues of contention – the Zimbabwe Sanctions Debate and the constitution making process. It is important to note that Zimbabwe at...
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| description | The chapter seeks to make a comparative analysis of the representations of Zimbabwe's GNU in Zimbabwean newspapers – The Herald and NewsDay with regards to two main issues of contention – the Zimbabwe Sanctions Debate and the constitution making process. It is important to note that Zimbabwe at the time of the GNU was under European Union (EU) and United States of America imposed ‘sanctions' and the sanctions debate constituted one of the most contentious issues with regards to the relations between the parties to the GNU. As such, it examines the discourse linguistic question of ‘objectivity' (or ‘neutrality') in ‘hard' news reports on the matter in these newspapers and from an Appraisal linguistic theoretic perspective. It compares the textuality of purposively sampled ‘hard' news reports in The Herald and NewsDay that evince the political relations between the parties to the GNU and the functionalities of the GNU in general during the period between September 2009 and June 2013. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-15962022-06-27T13:49:05Z Shades of the GNU in Zimbabwe (2009-13): linguistic discourse analyses of representations of transitional politics in Zimbabwean newspapers Sabao, Collen Information Science Reference, Political Science, Social Sciences, Online Behavior The chapter seeks to make a comparative analysis of the representations of Zimbabwe's GNU in Zimbabwean newspapers – The Herald and NewsDay with regards to two main issues of contention – the Zimbabwe Sanctions Debate and the constitution making process. It is important to note that Zimbabwe at the time of the GNU was under European Union (EU) and United States of America imposed ‘sanctions' and the sanctions debate constituted one of the most contentious issues with regards to the relations between the parties to the GNU. As such, it examines the discourse linguistic question of ‘objectivity' (or ‘neutrality') in ‘hard' news reports on the matter in these newspapers and from an Appraisal linguistic theoretic perspective. It compares the textuality of purposively sampled ‘hard' news reports in The Herald and NewsDay that evince the political relations between the parties to the GNU and the functionalities of the GNU in general during the period between September 2009 and June 2013. 2016-06-20T09:27:18Z 2016-06-20T09:27:18Z 2016 Book chapter 978-1-5225-0081-0 http://www.igi-global.com.access.msu.ac.zw:2048/chapter/shades-of-the-gnu-in-zimbabwe-2009--13/150139 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1596 en Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies edited by Orwenjo, Daniel Ochieng;Chapter 17; p. 306-327 open IGI Global, |
| spellingShingle | Information Science Reference, Political Science, Social Sciences, Online Behavior Sabao, Collen Shades of the GNU in Zimbabwe (2009-13): linguistic discourse analyses of representations of transitional politics in Zimbabwean newspapers |
| title | Shades of the GNU in Zimbabwe (2009-13): linguistic discourse analyses of representations of transitional politics in Zimbabwean newspapers |
| title_full | Shades of the GNU in Zimbabwe (2009-13): linguistic discourse analyses of representations of transitional politics in Zimbabwean newspapers |
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| title_short | Shades of the GNU in Zimbabwe (2009-13): linguistic discourse analyses of representations of transitional politics in Zimbabwean newspapers |
| title_sort | shades of the gnu in zimbabwe (2009-13): linguistic discourse analyses of representations of transitional politics in zimbabwean newspapers |
| topic | Information Science Reference, Political Science, Social Sciences, Online Behavior |
| url | http://www.igi-global.com.access.msu.ac.zw:2048/chapter/shades-of-the-gnu-in-zimbabwe-2009--13/150139 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1596 |
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