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ACKNOWLEGEMENTS |
4-5 |
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Abstract in Chinese |
5-6 |
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Abstract in English |
6-9 |
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1. Introduction |
9-13 |
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1.1 Goal of the study |
9-10 |
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1.2 Significance of the study |
10-11 |
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1.2.1 Political significance |
10-11 |
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1.2.2 Linguistic significance |
11 |
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1.3 Thesis organization |
11-13 |
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2. Literature Review |
13-24 |
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2.1 Studies on news |
13-17 |
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2.1.1 Notion of news and categorization |
13-14 |
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2.1.2 Characteristics of news |
14-15 |
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2.1.3 Previous studies on news |
15-17 |
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2.2 Studies on critical discourse analysis |
17-23 |
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2.2.1 Notion of critical discourse analysis |
17-18 |
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2.2.2 Language, power and ideology |
18-20 |
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2.2.3 Previous studies on critical discourse analysis |
20-23 |
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2.3 Summary |
23-24 |
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3. Theoretical Framework |
24-32 |
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3.1 Fairclough's model |
24-26 |
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3.2 Halliday's model |
26-31 |
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3.2.1 Halliday's main concepts for CDA |
26-27 |
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3.2.2 Three metafunctions of language |
27-31 |
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3.3 Summary |
31-32 |
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4. Critical Analysis of the New York Times |
32-49 |
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4.1 Discourse of the New York Times |
32 |
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4.2 Overall picture of data |
32-34 |
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4.3 Critical analysis of sample I: President Hu's visit to the U.S |
34-39 |
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4.3.1 Description |
34-38 |
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4.3.2 Interpretation and Explanation |
38-39 |
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4.4 Critical analysis of sample II: China's currency policy |
39-44 |
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4.4.1 Description |
40-43 |
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4.4.2 Interpretation and explanation |
43-44 |
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4.5 Critical analysis of sample III: Land protest |
44-48 |
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4.5.1 Description |
44-47 |
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4.5.2 Interpretation and explanation |
47-48 |
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4.6 Summary |
48-49 |
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5. Conclusion |
49-53 |
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5.1 Findings of the study |
49-50 |
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5.2 Implications of the study |
50-52 |
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5.3 Limitations of the Study |
52-53 |
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Bibliography |
53-55 |
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Appendix: Full Texts of the Samples |
55-61 |
