ABSTRACT
Findings of the present study reveal that the framework of CDA is a powerful instrument to uncover the relationship between language and ideology. Based on Halliday’s systemic-functional grammar, the present thesis carries out a comparative critical analysis of news reports from different sources on the same event with a view to identify diverse ideologies hidden in news discourse. Samples for analysis are two English news reports concerning the Tibet issue extracted from China Daily and Time respectively. The present analysis is carried out from the transitivity perspective.
The findings of this research point out the need to raise critical language awareness in language learning in general and news reading in particular, so that individuals will be able to read critically and set free from unjustified ideological manipulation. It is suggested that language teaching should be targeted at promoting critical reading skills to make sure that students are familiar with some naturalized linguistic strategies which are applied in news reports reflecting the underlying ideologies.
