Asadi, Masoud, Golfam, Arsalan, Golfam, Arsalan, Aghagolzadeh, Ferdows, Aghagolzadeh, Ferdows (2015). The Relationship between Discursive Structures and Ideology in Press Texts. , 22(1), 29-52.
Masoud Asadi; Arsalan Golfam; Arsalan Golfam; Ferdows Aghagolzadeh; Ferdows Aghagolzadeh. "The Relationship between Discursive Structures and Ideology in Press Texts". , 22, 1, 2015, 29-52.
Asadi, Masoud, Golfam, Arsalan, Golfam, Arsalan, Aghagolzadeh, Ferdows, Aghagolzadeh, Ferdows (2015). 'The Relationship between Discursive Structures and Ideology in Press Texts', , 22(1), pp. 29-52.
Asadi, Masoud, Golfam, Arsalan, Golfam, Arsalan, Aghagolzadeh, Ferdows, Aghagolzadeh, Ferdows The Relationship between Discursive Structures and Ideology in Press Texts. , 2015; 22(1): 29-52.

The Relationship between Discursive Structures and Ideology in Press Texts

The International Journal of Humanities
Article 2, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-52    PDF (166.71 K)
Authors
Masoud Asadi* 1; Arsalan Golfam2; Arsalan Golfam2; Ferdows Aghagolzadeh3; Ferdows Aghagolzadeh3
1PhD Student in Linguistics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2Associate Professor of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran. Iran
3Associate Professor of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Through uncovering the underlying elements of language, this research aims to reveal the hidden layers of meaning in press texts in the framework of a critical discourse analysis. Having used socio-semantic features of Van Leeuwen's model (1996), this paper has studied, qualitatively, 40 issues of four Iranian Persian publications for a period of two months, from July 22 to September 21, 2011. These publications were 'E'temad', 'Sharq', Resalat' and Keyhan. The analyses included recognizing discursive structures in the texts, determining the linguistic realizations of structures, and explaining along with uncovering the hidden layers of meaning and the ideology behind the texts. The research results out of the data analysis indicate that the ideology dominating the minds of writers and groups is reflected in the texts using discursive features as exclusion, activation, passivation, personalization and impersonalization. Exclusion has been the most frequently used feature in 'E'temad and 'Sharq', whereas activation has had the highest frequency of occurrences in 'Resalat' and 'Keyhan'. The discursive structures take place using linguistic instruments like pre-modifiers, active vs. passive structures, coordination and circumstantials, in the texts. Besides, the relationship between discursive structures and ideology is dialectal, which can be determined by studying these structures in the texts and social institutions.
Keywords
Critical Discourse Analysis; Discursive Structures; Socio-Semantic Features; Social Actors; Ideology
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