doi: 10.18178/IJLLL.2022.8.3.339
A Study of Transitivity in the Sino-US Trade War Discourse from the Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis — A Case Study of Center for Strategic and International Studies
Yicai Huang
,
Xueai Zhao
- School of Foreign Studies, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China.
Abstract
From the perspective of Critical DiscourseAnalysis, this study analyzes the transitivity in AmericanThink Tanks’ discourse in the Sino-US trade war. It usesFairclough’s three-dimensional framework model as thetheoretical framework and Halliday's theory of transitivity andVan Dijk's theory of Ideology Square as analytical tools. Thecorpus was selected from the experts’ comments on Sino-UStrade war published on the official website of the Center forStrategic and International Studies from March 23, 2018 toMarch 24, 2019. Major findings are as follows: experts in CSISuse material (56.49%) and relational (26.62%) process mostfrequently, followed by mental (7.79%), existential (5.84%)and verbal (3.25%) process, with no behavioral process.Experts in CSIS use material process and relational processfrequently in their comments, which indicates that they try toexpound the measures taken by both sides in the Sino-US tradewar and the impact of these measures on the development ofSino-US trade war.
Keywords
- CDA
- transitivity
- ideology square
- Sino-UStrade war
How to Cite
Yicai Huang and Xueai Zhao, "A Study of Transitivity in the Sino-US Trade War Discourse from the Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis — A Case Study of Center for Strategic and International Studies," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 152-159, 2022. https://doi.org/10.18178/IJLLL.2022.8.3.339
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